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seelie

/ ˈːɪ /

plural noun

  1. good benevolent fairies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

    1. of or belonging to the seelie

    2. good and benevolent like the seelie

      seelie wights

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seelie1

an earlier form of silly
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Example Sentences

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Photographer Tod Seelie captures the eeriness of the deserted Las Vegas Strip, closed down for the first time since the Kennedy assassination.

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“Seelie Court, twilight folk, come forward and anoint your prince,” Val Moren says.

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Maybe you’ll return to warring with smaller Seelie and Unseelie Courts.

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A motley group still fills the hall: glittering Seelie and terrifying Unseelie; the wild fey that seldom leave their hills, rivers, or grave mounds; goblins and hags; pixies and phookas.

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“She’s gone to the house of her betrothed, but they’ll be at the High King Balekin’s manor tomorrow. You will be there, too. He’s throwing a feast for your father and some of the Seelie and Unseelie rulers. You’ll be expected to be less hostile to each other.”

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