seelie

/ ˈsiːlɪ /

plural noun

1. good benevolent fairies

adjective

1. 1. of or belonging to the seelie

   2. good and benevolent like the seelie

      seelie wights

Word History and Origins

Origin of seelie¹

an earlier form of _silly

Example Sentences

Photographer Tod Seelie captures the eeriness of the deserted Las Vegas Strip, closed down for the first time since the Kennedy assassination.

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The uniting of the Seelie Courts, the Unseelie Courts, and the wild fey, under one crown.

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“She’s gone to the house of her betrothed, but they’ll be at the High King Balekin’s manor tomorrow. You will be there, too. He’s throwing a feast for your father and some of the Seelie and Unseelie rulers. You’ll be expected to be less hostile to each other.”

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Maybe you’ll return to warring with smaller Seelie and Unseelie Courts.

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“Seelie Court, twilight folk, come forward and anoint your prince,” Val Moren says.

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