Unseelie

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Etymology

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

Noun

Unseelie (plural Unseelie)

  1. (fantasy, folklore) A malevolent or malicious fairy.

Adjective

Unseelie (comparative more Unseelie, superlative most Unseelie)

  1. (fantasy, folklore) Of or pertaining to the unseelie; malevolent (as a fairy, etc).
    Unseelie wights
    • 2008, Laurell K. Hamilton, Swallowing Darkness: A Novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN:
      “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.
    • 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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