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FEY

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• FEY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Slightly insane

Synonyms:

fey; touched

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

Synonyms:

elfin; fey

Context examples:

thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning / 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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(Arabic proverb)
"A good deed is worth gold."
(Dutch proverb)

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