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Vinony

fey

adjective

  1. relating to fairies and other mythical creatures
  2. light-hearted, possibly mentally unstable
L14812 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. ofay; usually derogatory term for a white person
L677324 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /feɪ/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fee (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy.

  1. Magical or fairylike.

name

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”).

verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair.

  1. To cleanse.

    “to fey a drain or ditch”