fay
Fitted closely togetherFitted closely together.
» Morgan le Fay was a powerful sorceress and the half-sister of King Arthur.
Morgana war eine mächtige Zauberin und die Halbschwester König Artus’. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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3 sensesFitted closely together.
Fairy-like.
(US, slang)White; white-skinned.
Examples
1 sentencesMorgan le Fay was a powerful sorceress and the half-sister of King Arthur.
deMorgana war eine mächtige Zauberin und die Halbschwester König Artus’. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), froInherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy.
Abbreviation of ofay.
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form