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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. slightly insane;
[syn: fey, touched(p)]

2. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;
- Example: "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"
- Example: "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
[syn: elfin, fey]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fey \Fey\ (f[=a]), a. [AS. f[=ae]ga, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.] Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fey \Fey\ (f[=a]), n. [See Fay faith.] Faith. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fey \Fey\, v. t. [Cf. Feague.] To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fey adj 1: slightly insane [syn: fey, touched(p)] 2: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: elfin, fey]