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unseelie

unseelie is the alternative letter-case form of Unseelie.

Noun capitalized: Unseelie

Unseelie (plural Unseelie)

  1. A malevolent or malicious fairy.

Adjective capitalized: Unseelie

Unseelie (comparative more Unseelie, superlative most Unseelie)

  1. Of or pertaining to the unseelie; malevolent (as a fairy, etc).
    • Unseelie wights
    • “That is not very Unseelie, and most definitely not very sluagh.”
      “I cannot always choose how the magic will come.”
      “It is wild magic, and it chooses its own way like water finding a cleft in a rock,” he said.2008, Laurell K. Hamilton, Swallowing Darkness: A Novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN

Antonyms of unseelie

Forms of unseelie

Noun
pluralunseelie
pluralUnseelie
Adjective
comparativemore unseelie
superlativemost unseelie
comparativemore Unseelie
superlativemost Unseelie

Origin of unseelie

Borrowed from Scots unseely (“mischievous, evil-doing”), from Middle English unsely, from Old English unsǣliġ. Doublet of unsilly.

Questions about unseelie

What does unseelie mean?
Unseelie means a malevolent or malicious fairy.
What is unseelie the alternative letter-case form of?
Unseelie is the alternative letter-case form of Unseelie.
What part of speech is unseelie?
Unseelie can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of unseelie?
The plural of unseelie is unseelie.

Words near unseelie in the dictionary

  1. unseeingness
  2. unseekable
  3. unseeking
  4. unseel
  5. unseeled
  6. unseelie
  7. unseeling
  8. unseels
  9. unseeming
  10. unseemingly
  11. unseemlier

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