Fey vs Peculiar - What's the difference?
fey | peculiar |
(dialectal, or, archaic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
(obsolete) Dying; dead.
(chiefly, Scottish) possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience
overrefined, affected
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, passage= … he did not tell Mary Alonso, who had taken Dell's place as a source of gossip and information, and with whom he went out for drinks on occasion, usually along with Mary's partner, Roberta, a fey , freckly, dark-haired girl, …
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Strange or otherworldly.
Spellbound.
Fairy folk collectively.
Out of the ordinary; odd; curious; unusual.
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* 2008', Stephen Arnott, '''''Peculiar Proverbs: Weird Words of Wisdom from Around the World .
Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
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* 1895 , , XX: Anomalous Islands: Celebes,
(dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
* Bible, Titus ii. 14
* Hooker
(dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
* Milton
* Dryden
That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
* South
(UK, canon law) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
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As adjectives the difference between fey and peculiar
is that fey is (dialectal|or|archaic) about to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death or fey can be magical or fairylike while peculiar is out of the ordinary; odd; curious; unusual.As nouns the difference between fey and peculiar
is that fey is fairy folk collectively while peculiar is that which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.fey
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Hoffman does not rely on his talent to carry him through a role. He spent five and a half months transmuting himself into Capote. … He lost 40 pounds and practiced the inscrutable voice and fey mannerisms for an hour or two every day. }}
citation, genre= , publisher=Simon and Schuster , isbn=9780743230360 , page=16 , passage=He'd stand at the board making jokes the kids didn't understand, improvising fey little couplets of dactylic verse. }}
citation, archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-09-17 , passage=Most Ivy League graduates are unaccustomed to pepper spray; perhaps he should spray himself in the face once or twice, to test his tolerance. He should also resist the urge to bring high-end camping equipment to protests—this will make him look fey and elitist. }}
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
(etyl) faie, . More at fairy.Noun
(-)See also
* fay * fae ----peculiar
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm.
- It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street.
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- I saw nothing peculiar in his conduct, and thought that his arrangement of the ballot box was perfect.
- "Wasn't it peculiar ," I heard mother say, "How he wouldn't talk about himself?"
- "Peculiar ?" said father. "Well, yes, in a way."
- "Everything about him is peculiar ." Mother sounded as if she was stirred up and interested. "I never saw a man quite like him before."
- Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia.
- This philosopher found his ideas especially in all that is practical,[29] that is, which rests upon freedom, which in its turn ranks under cognitions that are the peculiar product of reason.
- But of late years extensive Tertiary deposits of Miocene age have been discovered, showing that it is not a mere congeries of volcanoes; it [Iceland] is connected with the British Islands and with Greenland by seas less than 500 fathoms deep; and it possesses a few mammalia, one of which is peculiar', and at least three ' peculiar species of birds.
- And purify unto himself a peculiar people.
- hymns that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself
- while each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat
- My fate is Juno's most peculiar care.
Synonyms
* (out of the ordinary) strange, uncommon, unusual * (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance) specificAntonyms
* (out of the ordinary) common, usual * (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance) common, general, universalDerived terms
* peculiarity * peculiarly * peculiarnessSee also
* (wikipedia "peculiar")Noun
(en noun)- Revenge is the peculiar of Heaven.