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Fay vs. Fey

Fay and Fey Definitions

Fay

To join or fit closely or tightly.

Fey

Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected
"She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).

Fay

A fairy or an elf.

Fey

Effeminate
"a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).

Fay

Faith
"Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late" (Shakespeare).

Fey

Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality
"She's got that fey look as though she's had breakfast with a leprechaun" (Dorothy Burnham).
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Fay

A fairy.

Fey

Having visionary power; clairvoyant.

Fay

A white person.

Fey

Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.

Fay

Fairy like.

Fey

Fated to die soon.
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Fay

Fitted closely together.

Fey

Full of the sense of approaching death.

Fay

White; white-skinned.

Fey

About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.

Fay

(obsolete) To fit.

Fey

(obsolete) Dying; dead.
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Fay

To join (pieces of timber) tightly.

Fey

Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.

Fay

Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.

Fey

Overrefined, affected.

Fay

(obsolete) To fadge.

Fey

Strange or otherworldly.

Fay

(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.

Fey

Spellbound.

Fay

A fairy; an elf.

Fey

Magical or fairylike.

Fay

Faith; as, by my fay.

Fey

Fairy folk collectively.

Fay

To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

Fey

Fated; doomed.

Fay

To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; - often with in, into, with, or together.

Fey

Faith.

Fey

To cleanse; to clean out.

Fey

Slightly insane

Fey

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

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