English Explanatory Dictionary

unseelie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Unseelie.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Unseelie.
noun
  1. A malevolent or malicious fairy.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the unseelie; malevolent (as a fairy, etc).

Word forms

unseelie more unseelie most unseelie

Etymology

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

Antonyms

Seelie
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