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fay

1[fey]
–noun
a fairy.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME faie, fei < MF feie, fee ≪ L Fāta Fate

fay

2[fey]
–noun Obsolete.
faith.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME fai, fei < AF, var. of feid faith

fay

3[fey]
–noun Slang.
ofay.

Origin:
1925–30; by shortening

Fay

[fey]
–noun
a female given name, form of Faith.
Also, Faye.

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
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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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