PRONUNCIATION:

(fay) 

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Strange; unconventional; otherworldly.
2. Doomed.
3. Able to see the future.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English faege (fated to die). Earliest documented use: before the twelfth century.

USAGE:

“At times, the book The Patron Saint of Eels seems a little fey; perhaps the made-up miracle makes its moral point a little too easily.”
Lisa Gorton; The Patron Saint of Eels; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Apr 16, 2005.