#492 fey

fey- interested in or believing in the supernatura; whimsical; attuned to the supernatural; clairvoyant; visionary; chiefly Scottish- fated to die; doomed; in a state of high spirits to presage death

Old English faege marked out for death; related to Old Norse feigr doomed, Old High German feigi

Having just listened to the wonderful music, I was off in fey realms of beauty and magic.

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