What is "fey"

Fey \Fey\ (f[=a]), a. [AS. f[=ae]ga, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.] Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]

Fey \Fey\ (f[=a]), n. [See Fay faith.] Faith. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Fey \Fey\, v. t. [Cf. Feague.] To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.]
--Tusser.

"of excitement that presages death," from Old English fæge "doomed to die, fated, destines," also "timid, feeble;" and/or from Old Norse feigr, both from Proto-Germanic *faigjo- (cognates: Old Saxon fegi, Old Frisian fai, Middle Dutch vege, Middle High German veige "doomed," also "timid," German feige "cowardly"), from PIE *peig- (2) "evil-minded, hostile" (see foe). Preserved in Scottish. Sense of "displaying unearthly qualities" and "disordered in the mind (like one about to die)" led to modern ironic sense of "affected."

Etymology 1 a. 1 (context dialectal or archaic English) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death. 2 (context obsolete English) dying; dead. 3 (context chiefly Scottish English) possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience 4 overrefined, affected Etymology 2

a. magical or fairylike. n. fairy folk collectively.

1. adj. slightly insane [syn: touched(p)]

2. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: elfin]

María Fernanda Blázquez Gil (born July 21, 1973), known professionally as Fey, is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop artist that became a pop teen idol for Latin America in the mid-1990s.

Fey may refer to:

• Fèy, a traditional vodou folk song in Haiti
• Fey, Switzerland
• Féy, Moselle, France
• Fey (name), and persons with the name
• Fey (singer) (born 1973), vocalist
  • Fey (album), a 1995 recording by the singer of the same name
• Fey (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional creature
• an alternative word for fairy

In Dungeons & Dragons, Fey is a category of creatures (called a creature type in the game). The fey deities are associated with the Seelie Court and the Unseelie Court. Titania is the general fey deity, with individual races like the Killmoulis who worship Caoimhin. Fey are usually humanoid in form and generally have supernatural abilities and a connection to nature. The Sylph is one creature which has a Fae appearance, but is officially recognized as an outsider creature type.

The source material includes two templates for players who wish to have crossbred characters incorporating fey traits. The first is the Half Fey, a cross between a fey and a human or giant. Feytouched are one quarter fey, the result of a crossbreeding between a Half Fey and a human or giant. All feytouched have at least one feature or characteristic that is out of the norm, including vibrantly colored hair, feathered eyebrows, or a propensity for speaking in rhyme, for example, and are charismatic. The feytouched template appeared in the third edition Fiend Folio (2003).

"Fèy" is a traditional Vodou folk song in Haiti. In Haitian Creole, "fèy" means "leaf", and the lyrics of the song describe a leaf falling from a tree. Like many traditional songs in Vodou folklore, the lyrics of "Fèy" can hold many meanings, both religious and political. At least two mizik rasin bands in the 1990s sang adaptations of the traditional song. A version first performed by RAM in 1992 was banned throughout Haiti during the remaining years of the Raoul Cédras military junta.

Fey is the eponymous debut album of Mexican pop singer Fey. It was released in 1995 with the Sony Music Mexico label. The album has sold over 2 million worldwide.

Fey is a German or Irish name found as both a given name and surname.