fey Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite slightly insane
    touched.
  2. adjective satellite suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
    elfin.
    • thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning
    • the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown

WordNet

Fey adjective
Etymology
AS. fga, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.
Definitions
  1. Fated; doomed. Old Eng. & Scot.
Fey noun
Etymology
See Fay faith.
Definitions
  1. Faith. Obs. Chaucer.
Fey transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Feague.
Definitions
  1. To cleanse; to clean out. Obs. Tusser.

Webster 1913