Fey vs. Fay — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Fey or Fay
How to spell Fey?
Fey
Correct Spelling
Fay
Incorrect Spelling
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Fey Definitions
Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected
"She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).
Effeminate
"a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).
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).
Having visionary power; clairvoyant.
Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.
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Fated to die soon.
Full of the sense of approaching death.
About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
(obsolete) Dying; dead.
Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
Overrefined, affected.
Strange or otherworldly.
Spellbound.
Magical or fairylike.
Fairy folk collectively.
Fated; doomed.
Faith.
To cleanse; to clean out.
Slightly insane
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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