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单词 fey
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feyadj.

Brit. /feɪ/, U.S. /feɪ/, Scottish English /faɪ/, /fe/
Forms: Old English fǽȝe, Middle English fæiȝe, southern væiȝe, vaiȝe, fæie, southern væie, faie, Middle English feie, southern veie, feye, Middle English feiȝe, southern veiȝe, fei, Middle English fay, (1700s fie), Middle English– fey.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic; Old English fǽge = Old Saxon fêgi (Middle Dutch vêge, Dutch veeg), Old High German feigi (Middle High German veige in same sense, also timid, cowardly, modern German feige cowardly), Old Norse feigr < Germanic *faigjo-; the ulterior etymology is uncertain: see Kluge and Franck.
Formerly chiefly Scottish.
1. Fated to die, doomed to death; also, at the point of death; dying. In literary use now archaic. Still in popular use in Scotland: see quot. 1861.In Hone's Every-day Bk. II. 1019, followed by many later writers, fye in quots. 17991 and 17992 is taken as a synonym of fetch n.2 This seems to be a mistake.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > doomed to die
feyOE
the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > doomed to die
feyOE
mortala1522
destined1704
OE Beowulf 1568 Bil eal ðurhwod fægne flæschoman.
OE Beowulf 2141 Næs ic fæge þa gyt.
a1000 Battle of Maldon 119 Æt fotum feoll fæge cempa.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 260 Heo weren summe faie [c1300 Otho veie].
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 2 As a frek þat feye were forth gan ich walke.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 92 Fey on the feld he has him left for deid.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1767 in Poems (1981) 69 Deith on the fayest fall.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 378 Throw misgyding, or than the man wes fey.
1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 535 Thro' they dash'd, and hew'd and smash'd, Till fey men di'd awa, man.
1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. 162 There'l nae man die but him that's fie.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 111 Man..art thou fey?
1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 75 When a person does anything that is contrary to his habits or dispositions it is common..to say, ‘I wish the bodie be na fey’; that is, that this unwonted act may not be a prelude to his death.
1882 A. Lang Helen of Troy vi. xvi O'er strange meat they revell'd like folk fey.
absolute.OE Andreas (1932) 1530 Fæge swulton, geonge on geofene guðræs fornam þurh sealtne weg.a1250 Prov. Ælfred 170 in Old Eng. Misc. 112 For nys no wrt..Þat euer mvwe þas feye furþ vp-holde.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15587 Feollen þa uaiȝe [c1300 Otho feye].1799 A. Johnston in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 148 The Fye gave due warning by certain signs of approaching mortality.1799 A. Johnston in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 149 [Superstition having diminished,] the Fye has withdrawn his warning, and the elf his arrows.
2. Leading to or presaging death; deadly, fatal. Obsolete.
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the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective]
deadlyc893
deathlyOE
deathfula1250
mortalc1390
capitalc1426
exitialc1475
fey1488
mortuala1500
perishinga1500
fatal?1518
ferial1528
mortiferousa1538
deadc1540
exitious?1545
deathlike1548
mortifying1555
starvingc1600
lethal1604
speedingc1604
vital1612
irrecoverable1614
feral1621
lethiferous1651
mortific1651
mortifical1657
daggering1694
exitiose1727
fateful1764
kill-devil1831
unsurvivable1839
lethiferal1848
tachythanatous1860
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 648 Full fey was maid that rout.
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. Prol. 124 Bittir was that fruyt for his ofspryng, and fey.
1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 150 What Fye token do ye see about me?
3. Accursed, unfortunate, unlucky. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > suffering misfortune
feyOE
unseelyOE
wanspeedyc1000
unselea1200
unblessed1340
unhappena1400
unhappyc1440
misfortuneda1500
unfortunate1530
unlucky1542
misdight1607
unblestful1608
inominal1656
unprovidenceda1661
unfortunable1729
OE Crist III 1533 Swapeð sigemece mid þære swiðran hond þæt on þæt deope dæl deofol gefeallað in sweartne leg, synfulra here under foldan sceat, fæge gæstas on wraþra wic.
1340–70 Alisaunder 397 For ðis feye folk ðer so fouli was harmed.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. ix. 48 And of the cumpany of fey Vlixes.
4. Feeble, timid; sickly, weak. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective]
arghc885
unboldc897
bletheOE
feyOE
frightfula1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
ferdfula1382
palea1393
ferdya1400
ghastful1422
tremblingc1430
timorousc1450
cremeuse1477
craintive1490
cocklea1500
sheepish?1518
awfula1522
meticulousc1540
timidc1550
sheepa1556
tremebundc1560
timorsomec1600
tremulous1611
pigeon-hearteda1625
affrightful1631
formidolous1656
pavid1656
timidous1658
unsupported1694
tender-nosed1700
scary1773
pippin-hearted1809
kitten-hearted1831
funky1835
misventurous1849
milksoppish1852
tender-footed1854
fearsome1863
scare1885
milksoppy1886
milksopping1888
cotton wool1909
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > growing poorly or withering
feyOE
withering1599
weak1600
misliking1601
unfirm1616
languishing1683
sickly1697
marcescent1727
weakly1775
miffy1850
wilting1884
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]
wokec897
unstronga900
unmightyeOE
feeblec1175
strengthlessc1175
unwieldc1220
weaka1300
frailc1384
unwieldyc1386
unthendec1425
dissolutec1450
unsure?a1475
feyc1475
simple1477
unfirm1483
unsinewed?1541
wash1548
weakling1557
ladylike1566
silly1567
water weak1592
washya1631
wankle1686
foible1715
unmuscular1725
nerveless1792
wankly1795
shilpit1813
wankya1825
sinewless1829
weedy-looking1835
queachy1859
insubstantiala1861
paper-backed1888
weak-fleshed1967
OE Guthlac A 310 Nis min breostsefa forht ne fæge, acme friðe healdeð ofer monna cyn se þe mægna gehwæs weorcum wealdeð.
c1350 Med. MS. in Archæol. XXX. 376 Parwynke..beryth blo flour, His stalkys arn..feynt & feye.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 54 Feye folke will he fere.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. v. 40 That now, thus sleuthfully, sa fant and fey Hufys still on thir feldis.
5. Disordered in mind like one about to die; possessing or displaying magical, fairylike, or unearthly qualities. Now frequently used ironically, in sense ‘affected, whimsy’.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > possessing magical qualities or skill
cunning1594
wisea1639
fey1823
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with
woodc725
woodsekc890
giddyc1000
out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000
witlessc1000
brainsickOE
amadc1225
lunaticc1290
madc1330
sickc1340
brain-wooda1375
out of one's minda1387
frenetica1398
fonda1400
formada1400
unwisea1400
brainc1400
unwholec1400
alienate?a1425
brainless1434
distract of one's wits1470
madfula1475
furious1475
distract1481
fro oneself1483
beside oneself1490
beside one's patience1490
dementa1500
red-wood?1507
extraught1509
misminded1509
peevish1523
bedlam-ripe1525
straughta1529
fanatic1533
bedlama1535
daft1540
unsounda1547
stark raving (also staring) mad1548
distraughted1572
insane1575
acrazeda1577
past oneself1576
frenzy1577
poll-mad1577
out of one's senses1580
maddeda1586
frenetical1588
distempered1593
distraught1597
crazed1599
diswitted1599
idle-headed1599
lymphatical1603
extract1608
madling1608
distracteda1616
informala1616
far gone1616
crazy1617
March mada1625
non compos mentis1628
brain-crazed1632
demented1632
crack-brained1634
arreptitiousa1641
dementate1640
dementated1650
brain-crackeda1652
insaniated1652
exsensed1654
bedlam-witteda1657
lymphatic1656
mad-like1679
dementative1685
non compos1699
beside one's gravity1716
hyte1720
lymphated1727
out of one's head1733
maddened1735
swivel-eyed1758
wrong1765
brainsickly1770
fatuous1773
derangedc1790
alienated1793
shake-brained1793
crack-headed1796
flighty1802
wowf1802
doitrified1808
phrenesiac1814
bedlamite1815
mad-braineda1822
fey1823
bedlamitish1824
skire1825
beside one's wits1827
as mad as a hatter1829
crazied1842
off one's head1842
bemadded1850
loco1852
off one's nut1858
off his chump1864
unsane1867
meshuga1868
non-sane1868
loony1872
bee-headed1879
off one's onion1881
off one's base1882
(to go) off one's dot1883
locoed1885
screwy1887
off one's rocker1890
balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891
meshuggener1892
nutty1892
buggy1893
bughouse1894
off one's pannikin1894
ratty1895
off one's trolley1896
batchy1898
twisted1900
batsc1901
batty1903
dippy1903
bugs1904
dingy1904
up the (also a) pole1904
nut1906
nuts1908
nutty as a fruitcake1911
bugged1920
potty1920
cuckoo1923
nutsy1923
puggled1923
blah1924
détraqué1925
doolally1925
off one's rocket1925
puggle1925
mental1927
phooey1927
crackers1928
squirrelly1928
over the edge1929
round the bend1929
lakes1934
ding-a-ling1935
wacky1935
screwball1936
dingbats1937
Asiatic1938
parlatic1941
troppo1941
up the creek1941
screwed-up1943
bonkers1945
psychological1952
out to lunch1955
starkers1956
off (one's) squiff1960
round the twist1960
yampy1963
out of (also off) one's bird1966
out of one's skull1967
whacked out1969
batshit1971
woo-woo1971
nutso1973
out of (one's) gourd1977
wacko1977
off one's meds1986
1823 J. Galt Entail I. viii. 62 Surely the man's fey about his entails and his properties.
1856 J. Ballantine Poems 207 Wad ye rax his craig, When our daughter is fey for a man?
1921 ‘M. Corelli’ Secret Power iii. 34 ‘But I was “fey” from my birth—.’ ‘What is fey?’ interrupted Miss Herbert... ‘It's just everything that everybody else is not’—Morgana replied—“Fey” people are magic people; they see what no one else sees,—they hear voices that no one else hears—voices that whisper secrets and tell of wonders as yet undiscovered.’
1930 ‘E. Queen’ French Powder Myst. xxx. 251 ‘Have you gone fey?’ gasped the Inspector. ‘Like a fox,’ said Ellery.
1930 J. Douglas Down Shoe Lane 289 They become fey and fond.
1937 H. G. Wells Star Begotten iii. 66 Are there people—what shall I call them?—fey people about? People as sane as you and I and yet strange?
1938 H. G. Wells Apropos of Dolores vi. 293 One of these toy trains of theirs seemed to come out of the ground beside us... They [sc. the passengers] seemed indeed to be inhabitants of some different, some elfin world... She was all agog to see that fey train once more.
1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid vi. 119 Her fey heart swelled in ecstasy.
1955 E. Coxhead Figure in Mist ii. 63 A gaze that was not at all fey, but..remarkably shrewd.
1959 Listener 4 June 998/1 Sensible elder daughter, and fey younger daughter.
1969 D. Burnham Through Dooms of Love 219 Now your wife would be perfect for the part; she's got that fey look as though she's had breakfast with a leprechaun.

Derivatives

ˈfeydom n. the state of being ‘fey’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun]
deathOE
stroke1340
feydom1823
lethality1890
1823 J. Galt Entail I. xix. 156 I would hae thought the half o't an unco almous frae you. I hope it's no a fedam afore death.
ˈfeyly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adverb]
magically1590
sorcerously1646
witchedly1650
magicly1683
feyly1959
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly
woodlyc1000
madlyc1225
out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85
bedlamlya1569
bedlamlike1576
distractedly1608
madling1608
monthly1611
brainsicklya1616
maddinglya1625
frenzilya1688
crazily1814
insanely1828
dementedly1844
off1866
hippomaniacally1876
pathologically1925
manically1927
dottily1937
feyly1959
kookily1968
nutso1980
1959 Times 6 Mar. 14/5 She feyly resumes the gestures of a Spanish dancer in return to her past on the music halls.
1964 ‘W. Haggard’ Antagonists i. 13 A light from a feyly gothic window.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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