FEY


Meaning of FEY in English

/ feɪ; NAmE / adjective

( literary , sometimes disapproving ) ( usually of a person ) sensitive and rather mysterious or strange; not acting in a very practical way

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English fǣge (in the sense fated to die soon ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veeg and to German feige cowardly.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.