Fey, Fay, Fae

Fey, Fay, Fae : (adjs.) These homophones (pronounced FAI) in different ways mean “not of this world� but are in all other respects dissimilar. Fey has a general meaning of “able to see the future,� “otherworldly,� and so by extension, “demented,� “touched in the head�: Mediums often behave in peculiarly fey ways.

There is also an older and mainly Scottish sense of fey meaning “with second sight, especially of deaths and disasters,” and sometimes this sense occurs in literary contexts today: The old vagrant claimed to be fey, and he regularly predicted the end of the world. Fay means “elfin,” “elflike,” as in “The little children were dressed like elves and fairies and danced about in a mode their teacher apparently considered fay.” – From : Kenneth G. Wilson (1923-). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

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2 Responses to Fey, Fay, Fae

  1. roxsand says:

    please help to understand if FEY is of wicca

  2. Nolee Diamond says:

    So are the different terms like different species? Where did each term originate?

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