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
