In Old and Middle English it meant "feeble" or "sickly." Those meanings turned out to be fey themselves, but the word lived on in senses related to death, and because a wild or elated …

2 days ago · Adjective fey (comparative feyer or more fey, superlative feyest or most fey) Magical or fairylike.

If you describe someone as fey, you mean that they behave in a shy, childish, or unpredictable way, and you are often suggesting that this is unnatural or insincere.

FEY definition: doomed; fated to die. See examples of fey used in a sentence.

Affected & insincere (Definition of fey from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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).

Definition of fey adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Strange or unusual in any of certain ways, as, variously, eccentric, whimsical, visionary, elfin, shy, otherworldly. Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality. Fairy …

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective fey, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Fey comes from the Middle English word "fǣge" ("fated to die soon"), but it has Germanic origins, specifically developing from the word "feige" ("cowardly"). Did you Know? The word "fey" is …