Unseelie
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See also: unseelie
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Scots unseely (“mischievous, evil-doing”), from Middle English unsely, from Old English unsǣliġ. Doublet of unsilly.
Noun[edit]
Unseelie (plural Unseelie)
Adjective[edit]
Unseelie (comparative more Unseelie, superlative most Unseelie)
- (fantasy, folklore) Of or pertaining to the unseelie; malevolent (as a fairy, etc).
- Unseelie wights
- 2010, Nalini Singh, Erin McCarthy, Jean Johnson, Lora Leigh, Linda Winstead Jones, Angela Knight, Anya Bast, Allyson James, Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio, Penguin, →ISBN:
- “I am very Unseelie Tuatha Dé. Almost one hundred percent, in fact. Only a drop of Seelie to muddy the pool. Do you have a problem with that, Shining One?”
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