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FEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fey mean?
• FEY (adjective)
The adjective FEY has 2 senses:
1. slightly insane
2. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
Familiarity information: FEY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slightly insane
Synonyms:
fey; touched
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
Synonyms:
elfin; fey
Context example:
the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
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