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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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’.

ΘΚΠ

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.

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单词	fey
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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’. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.OE
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