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–noun
a fairy.
Origin:
1350–1400;
ME
faie, fei
< MF
feie, fee
≪ L
Fāta
Fate
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–noun
Obsolete
.
faith.
Origin:
1250–1300;
ME
fai, fei
< AF, var. of
feid
faith
fay
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–noun
Slang
.
ofay.
Origin:
1925–30;
by shortening
Fay
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–noun
a female given name, form of
Faith.
Also,
Faye.
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–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
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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