fey
adjective
doomed; fated to die.
feyness
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a word derived from
fey.
Example Sentences
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And we know that whatever happens, Bach, with his usual feyness, will pronounce the Games a success.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2021
Parsons, best known as Sheldon on the blockbuster sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” has remarkable control of Michael’s feyness, and it’s startling the way he melts it away to reveal an almost heartbreaking steeliness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
Bell brought a barely contained ferocity to the cute blond heroine and Dohring brought an unexpected feyness to the tortured teen bad boy.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2019
As with yesterday's chap, delicacy, dolour, feyness and ennui are the order of the day.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2010
There are other degrees of feyness, as of punishment, besides the capital; and I was now led by my good spirits into an adventure which I relate in the interest of future donkey-drivers.
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson
