English-Thai Dictionary

fey

ADJ ซึ่ง หยั่งรู้ ถึง เคราะห์กรรม  ที่ มี ลางสังหรณ์  eccentric sueng-yang-ru-tueng-kro-kam

 

fey

ADJ แปลกๆ  ชอบกล  whimsical plaek-plaek

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FEY

Fey, a. Etym: [AS. f, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.]

 

Defn: Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot. ]

 

FEY

Fey, n. Etym: [See Fay faith. ]

 

Defn: Faith. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

FEY

Fey, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Feague. ]

 

Defn: To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs. ] Tusser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fey

fey |fā feɪ | ▶adjective giving an impression of vague unworldliness: his mother was a strange, fey woman. • having supernatural powers of clairvoyance. • chiefly Scottish fated to die or at the point of death: now he is fey, he sees his own death, and I see it too. DERIVATIVES fey ly adverb, fey ness noun ORIGIN Old English fǣge (in the sense ‘fated to die soon ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

fey

fey |feɪ | ▶adjective ( feyer, feyest ) 1 giving an impression of vague unworldliness or mystery: a rather fey romantic novelist. 2 having supernatural powers of clairvoyance. 3 archaic, chiefly Scottish fated to die or at the point of death. DERIVATIVES feyly adverb, feyness noun ORIGIN Old English fǣge (in the sense ‘fated to die soon ’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veeg and to German feige ‘cowardly ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fey

fey adjective his work has been dismissed as fey, frivolous, and insubstantial. See whimsical (sense 1 ). USAGE fey, fay Fey derives from the Old English fæge (“doomed to die ”) and carries the related sense “in an unusually excited state (like one about to die ).” By an extension, the word came to mean “whimsical, otherworldly, eccentric, ” perhaps from confusion with fay (= a fairy or elf ). This shift in meaning was noticed as early as 1950. Today the word's original meaning is all but forgotten —e.g.: “An upsurge of book sales in cyberspace could have dramatic effects on the fortunes of the already fey and contradictory world of book publishing. ” ( Washington Post, Aug. 4, 1997.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fey

fey /feɪ /形容詞 ｟文 ｠〈人 言動などが 〉奇妙な, 風変わりな ; おどおどした ; 浮世離れした, 何をするかわからない ; 子供っぽい .