Feu vs. Fey — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Feu and Fey
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Feu
Land held in feudal tenure.
Fey
Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected
"She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).
Feu
To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure.
Fey
Effeminate
"a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).
Feu
A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.
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Fey
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).
Fey
Having visionary power; clairvoyant.
Fey
Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.
Fey
Fated to die soon.
Fey
Full of the sense of approaching death.
Fey
About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
Fey
(obsolete) Dying; dead.
Fey
Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
Fey
Overrefined, affected.
Fey
Strange or otherworldly.
Fey
Spellbound.
Fey
Magical or fairylike.
Fey
Fairy folk collectively.
Fey
Fated; doomed.
Fey
Faith.
Fey
To cleanse; to clean out.
Fey
Slightly insane
Fey
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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