fey

• Adjectif littéraire ou vieilli décrivant une personne dotée d'une qualité étrange, surnaturelle ou magique, suggérant souvent un lien avec les fées ou un état de conscience altéré.

An old-fashioned or literary term describing someone as having a strange, otherworldly, or magical quality, often suggesting a connection with fairies or an altered state of mind.

1. Slightly insane or eccentricC2informalbritish

   Having a strange, otherworldly, or slightly mad quality.

   légèrement fou ou excentrique

   • She had a fey look in her eyes that made everyone uneasy.
   • His fey behavior at the party was both amusing and unsettling.
   • The old woman was considered fey by the villagers.

   Synonymesdreamyeccentricelfinoddotherworldlypeculiarquirkystrangeunearthlywhimsical

2. Otherworldly or elfinC2formal

   Suggestive of an elf or fairy in strangeness and otherworldliness; having a magical or supernatural quality.

   Féérique, qui tient de l'elfe ou de la fée

   • The actress had a fey beauty that captivated the audience.
   • The forest had a fey atmosphere, as if enchanted.
   • His fey charm was both mysterious and alluring.

   Synonymeselfinenchantedetherealmagicalmysticalotherworldlysupernaturalunearthly

   Antonymescommonearthlymundanenaturalordinaryprosaicrealisticsublunaryworldly