Definition of fey
b
: marked by a foreboding of death or calamity
another and lesser man … gave a fey lonely warning— Hodding Carter
2a
: able to see into the future : visionary
Not being fey, he never suspected what it would lead to.
b
: marked by an otherworldly air or attitude
she had that half shy, half fey smile and that birdlike perkiness— A. G. Ogden
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The first known use of fey was before the 12th century
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