Fey vs. Fay — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fey and Fay
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Fey
Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected
"She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).
Fay
To join or fit closely or tightly.
Fey
Effeminate
"a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).
Fay
A fairy or an elf.
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).
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Fay
Faith
"Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late" (Shakespeare).
Fey
Having visionary power; clairvoyant.
Fay
A fairy.
Fey
Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.
Fay
A white person.
Fey
Fated to die soon.
Fay
Fairy like.
Fey
Full of the sense of approaching death.
Fay
Fitted closely together.
Fey
About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
Fay
White; white-skinned.
Fey
(obsolete) Dying; dead.
Fay
(obsolete) To fit.
Fey
Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
Fay
To join (pieces of timber) tightly.
Fey
Overrefined, affected.
Fay
Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
Fey
Strange or otherworldly.
Fay
(obsolete) To fadge.
Fey
Spellbound.
Fay
(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
Fey
Magical or fairylike.
Fay
A fairy; an elf.
Fey
Fairy folk collectively.
Fay
Faith; as, by my fay.
Fey
Fated; doomed.
Fay
To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
Fey
Faith.
Fay
To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; - often with in, into, with, or together.
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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