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fay

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fay 1  (f)
tr. & intr.v. fayed, fay·ing, fays
To join or fit closely or tightly.
[Middle English feien, from Old English fgan; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
fay 2  (f)
n.
A fairy or an elf.
[Middle English faie, enchanted person or place, from Old French fae; see fairy.]
fay 3  (f)
n. Archaic
Faith: "Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late" (Shakespeare).
[Middle English fai, from Anglo-Norman fei, fed; see faith.]
fay1
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a fairy or sprite
adj
1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) of or resembling a fay
2. Informal pretentious or precious
[from Old French feie, ultimately from Latin fātum fate]
fay2
vb
to fit or be fitted closely or tightly
[Old English fēgan to join; related to Old High German fuogen, Latin pangere to fasten]
fay3
n
an obsolete word for faith
[from Anglo-French feid; see faith]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fayfay - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
faerie, faery, fairy, sprite
spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy, hob, brownie - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
fairy godmother - a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine
gnome, dwarf - a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Morgan le Fay - (Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur
Puck, Robin Goodfellow - a mischievous sprite of English folklore
Oberson - (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore
Titania - (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore
tooth fairy - a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out
water spirit, water sprite, water nymph - a fairy that inhabits water
Translations
fay
n (liter, = fairy) → Fee f


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What the wasting tree is to the water that imbibes its shade, growing thus blacker by what it preys upon, may not the life of the Fay be to the death which engulfs it?
The Island of The Fay by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
le Fay by reputation, and was not expecting anything pleasant.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Archer was always at pains to tell her children how much more agreeable and cultivated society had been when it included such figures as Washington Irving, Fitz-Greene Halleck and the poet of "The Culprit Fay.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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