FEY


Meaning of FEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfā ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English feye, from Old English fǣge; akin to Old High German feigi doomed and perhaps to Old English fāh hostile, outlawed — more at foe

Date: before 12th century

1.

a. chiefly Scottish : fated to die : doomed

b. : marked by a foreboding of death or calamity

2.

a. : able to see into the future : visionary

b. : marked by an otherworldly air or attitude

c. : crazy , touched

3.

a. : excessively refined : precious

b. : quaintly unconventional : campy

• fey·ly adverb

• fey·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.