-ey

¹ American

variant of -y, especially after y: clayey.

-ey ² American

variant of -y, especially after y.

-ey British

suffix

a variant of -y 1 -y 2

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They went with -ey, she says, because it just reads “much nicer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2015

In spoken English the ending -ew, -ue, of French origin, has been often changed to -ee, -ey.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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