Fey
To be “fey” (FAY) – from the Old English for “fated to die” – is (1) to possess or display a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality, or (2) to appear to be slightly crazy, as if under a spell.
Example (as used by Evan Thomas in The Very Best Man ): “Beneath a fey manner, his mother was highly competitive.”
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