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fay

1

[ fey ]

noun

  1. a fairy.


fay

2

[ fey ]

noun

, Obsolete.
  1. faith.

fay

3

[ fey ]

noun

, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

Fay

4
or Faye

[ fey ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Faith.

fay

1

/ feɪ /

noun

  1. an obsolete word for faith


fay

2

/ feɪ /

noun

  1. a fairy or sprite

adjective

  1. of or resembling a fay
  2. informal.
    pretentious or precious

fay

3

/ feɪ /

verb

  1. to fit or be fitted closely or tightly

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fay1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English faie, faie, from Middle French feie, fee, Old French fae, fee, ultimately from Latin Fāta Fate ( def 6 )

Origin of fay2

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English fai, fei, from Anglo-French, variant of feid faith

Origin of fay3

First recorded in 1925–30; by shortening

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fay1

C13: from Anglo-French feid ; see faith

Origin of fay2

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

Origin of fay3

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

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Example Sentences

Fay also went through some of the more common things one would find when doing an SEO audit on a site.

Fay explained that e-commerce SEO is more technical and nuanced because of pagination, filters, and the nature of product descriptions, where you need to spend a lot more time with on-page technical SEO.

Others like Fay say that even funding needle-exchange programs is a waste of resources.

Fay Vincent utters Pete Rose's name just about as much as Rudy Giuliani says 9/11.

Screenplay by Robert Riskin, who happens to have been Fay Wray's first husband.

Not even Hurricane Fay, which rammed through the Orlando, Florida, area in August 2008, could wash away the child's legacy.

“There is a tension between what Tea Party groups around the country think and what we do in Massachusetts,” says Fay.

When the time came to part from Frank, little Fay was almost heart-broken.

I will tell you now that I am ready to go through anything for Fairy Fay.

The Rev. Eli Fay preached her funeral sermon, and bore testimony to her great ability.

Again, the fay of Argouges disappears on the name of Death being mentioned in her presence.

Fay and Cox turned it over to True Williams, one of the well-known illustrators of that day.

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