unseelie
/ (ʌnˈsiːlɪ) /
pl n the unseelie
evil malevolent fairies
adjective
- of or belonging to the unseelie
- evil and malevolent like the unseelieunseelie wights
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTWord Origin for unseelie
Old English unsǣlig; compare seelie and silly
Words nearby unseelie
unseaworthy, unsecured, unseduced, unseeded, unseeing, unseelie, unseemly, unseen, unsegregated, unselfconscious, unselfish
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Example sentences from the Web for unseelie
There were, as in all communities, a good and a bad section, known as the "seelie" and the "unseelie court."