Added 7 October 2026
fae
adjective
Latin root: fāda Wiktionary
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about fae at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”).
noun
- Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”).
pronoun
- A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Origin
From Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. The use of the pronoun appears c. 2013.
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