fay

[ fey ]

/ feɪ /

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noun

a fairy.

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Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

No one wanted to rent the run-down house on the corner.

His rent was so loud that people the next block over could hear it.

I had rent the apartment from an eccentric old lady.

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Origin of fay

1350–1400; Middle English faie, fei<Middle French feie, fee ≪ Latin Fāta Fate (def. 6)

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Definition for fay (2 of 4)

fay²

[ fey ]

/ feɪ /

noun Obsolete.

faith.

Origin of fay

1250–1300; Middle English fai, fei <Anglo-French, variant of feid faith

Definition for fay (3 of 4)

fay³

[ fey ]

/ feɪ /

noun Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

ofay.

Origin of fay

First recorded in 1925–30; by shortening

Definition for fay (4 of 4)

Fay

or Faye

[ fey ]

/ feɪ /

noun

a female given name, form of Faith.

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Others like Fay say that even funding needle-exchange programs is a waste of resources.
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Fay Vincent utters Pete Rose's name just about as much as Rudy Giuliani says 9/11.
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Screenplay by Robert Riskin, who happens to have been Fay Wray's first husband.
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Not even Hurricane Fay, which rammed through the Orlando, Florida, area in August 2008, could wash away the child's legacy.
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“There is a tension between what Tea Party groups around the country think and what we do in Massachusetts,” says Fay.
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When the time came to part from Frank, little Fay was almost heart-broken.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery|Burt L. Standish
I will tell you now that I am ready to go through anything for Fairy Fay.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery|Burt L. Standish
The Rev. Eli Fay preached her funeral sermon, and bore testimony to her great ability.
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
Again, the fay of Argouges disappears on the name of Death being mentioned in her presence.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
Fay and Cox turned it over to True Williams, one of the well-known illustrators of that day.
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British Dictionary definitions for fay (1 of 3)

fay¹

/ (feɪ) /

noun

a fairy or sprite

adjective

of or resembling a fay

informal pretentious or precious

Word Origin for fay

C14: from Old French feie, ultimately from Latin fātum fate

British Dictionary definitions for fay (2 of 3)

fay²

/ (feɪ) /

verb

to fit or be fitted closely or tightly

Word Origin for fay

Old English fēgan to join; related to Old High German fuogen, Latin pangere to fasten

British Dictionary definitions for fay (3 of 3)

fay³

/ (feɪ) /

noun

an obsolete word for faith

Word Origin for fay

C13: from Anglo-French feid; see faith

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