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| fey [ fay ] |
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1. irrational: behaving or talking in very unusual, uninhibited ways that suggest possible psychiatric disorder
  Everyone was convinced he was fey because he rehearsed his lines in the park.
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2. supernatural: relating to or typical of magic or the supernatural
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3. clairvoyant: supposedly able to see into the future
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4. Scotland doomed to die: believed to be doomed or destined to die, especially as indicated by peculiar, usually elated behavior
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| [ Old English fǣge "fated to die" < Germanic] |
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| fey·ly adverb |
| fey·ness noun |
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