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  1. adjective 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).
  2. adjective Having visionary power; clairvoyant.
  3. adjective Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.
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  • He returned inside to supervise his staff, glancing only briefly at the advertising poster, which featured a slightly older looking Milena than he remembered, expression fey in nineteenth-century prison garb, yet more beautiful than ever. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#1
  • His nostrils filled with the flowery scent of the fey, his cheeks were gently battered by the beating of their gossamer wings. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 06 - December 2000
  • Not out where wolves and bears and tigers and woods-fey roamed—the fey could be friendly or unfriendly, and were usually tricksey—and where a stranger met might be anything from an outlaw to a wood-sprite or godling in disguise. —  Map.html
  • A forest sanctuary that is the perfect place for celebrations and reveries for the fey, elves and other denizens of the wild where they can feel at peace. —  UncleBear
  • If I'm feeling a little fey (heh "fey" at my age indeed), I might fashion my hair into a mini Mohican, which also works well. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
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  1. Middle English feie, fated to die, from Old English fǣge.
 

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