fey
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fey

adjective \ˈfā\

Definition of FEY

1
a chiefly Scottish : fated to die : doomed
b : marked by a foreboding of death or calamity
2
a : able to see into the future : visionary
b : marked by an otherworldly air or attitude
c : crazy, touched
3
a : excessively refined : precious
b : quaintly unconventional : campy
fey·ly adverb
fey·ness noun

Origin of FEY

Middle English feye, from Old English ̄ge; akin to Old High German feigi doomed and perhaps to Old English fāh hostile, outlawed — more at foe
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

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