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fay
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[fey] 
–noun
| a fairy. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME faie, fei < MF feie, fee ≪ L Fāta Fate
1350–1400; ME faie, fei < MF feie, fee ≪ L Fāta Fate
o⋅fay
[oh-fey] –noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
| a white person. |
Also, fay.
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; of obscure orig.; the popular notion that the word is a Pig Latin deformation of foe is very dubious
1920–25, Americanism; of obscure orig.; the popular notion that the word is a Pig Latin deformation of foe is very dubious
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| fay 1 (fā) tr. & intr.v. fayed, fay·ing, fays To join or fit closely or tightly. [Middle English feien, from Old English fēgan; see pag- in Indo-European roots.] |
| fay 2 (fā) n. A fairy or an elf. [Middle English faie, enchanted person or place, from Old French fae; see fairy.] |
| fay 3 (fā) n. Archaic Faith: "Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late" (Shakespeare). [Middle English fai, from Anglo-Norman fei, fed; see faith.] |
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Fay
Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.] Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Fay
Fay\ (f[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.] [OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. f[=e]gan to join, unite; akin to OS. f[=o]gian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. f["u]gen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.] (Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.Fay
Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together. Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.
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fay
"fairy," 1393, from O.Fr. fae, from V.L. fata, fem. sing of L. fata (neut. pl.), lit. "the Fates." Adj. meaning "homosexual" is attested from 1950s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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