fey
How to Use Fey
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishStrange and otherworldly, sometimes with an old sense of being marked for death.
A fairly literary word, rarely used in everyday speech.
Word Forms
feyer comparative, more fey comparative, feyer comparative, more fey comparative, feyed past tense, fey plural, feys plural, Feys plural, feys singular, feyest superlative, most fey superlative, feyest superlative, most fey superlative
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There was something _____ about the old woman's smile.
Etymology
From Old English fǣġe ("doomed to die"), from a Germanic root related to the word foe.