seelie
/ˈsiː.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A benevolent or beneficially-inclined fairy.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Seelie; benevolent (as a fairy, etc).
Example Sentences
- "Okay, so that sounded like the Seelie hated the Unseelie and vice versa. But not quite. There was something more here. I puzzled over it several moments. Did it mean the Seelie couldn't actually touch the Unseelie, and vice versa? I read on."
- "We like the Seelie court and the humans lived, loved and laughed. As the war between the Seelie and the Unseelie escalated and the Seelie gained the upper hand we Unseelie were forced to hide in the shadows and fear for our lives."
- "“Like Sleeping Beauty, you mean,” I said. Henry nodded. His handsome face was very worried, and I didn't know him long enough to read him that well. “They came and saw the garden, and it was very Seelie, my lord. More than that, none.”"
- "“Altruism is very Seelie.” “The sidhe were all Seelie once,” Shock said. “Either we resign ourselves to that part of our history or we go mad. I do not fight my impulses toward love and beauty the way my father does. But enough of that.”"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Seelie (comparative)
most Seelie (superlative)