feydom means the state of being fey or doomed. It carries an Arena rating of 1343, earned across 5 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, feydom ranks #984 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #1,259 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,856 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #4,609 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “feydom” is a great word
A state or condition of being fated to die, doomed, or exhibiting a supernatural or elated prescience of death. From the adjective fey (meaning "fated to die, doomed, or exhibiting a supernatural or elated prescience of death") and the suffix -dom (forming nouns denoting a state or condition), it was first attested in 1823 by the novelist John Galt. Unlike a fiefdom, which speaks of land and temporal power, or an enchantment, which implies delightful charm, feydom is an abstract, internal sovereignty of impending fate. It is the glitter in the eyes of a soldier on the eve of a battle he knows he will not survive, the unearthly gaiety of a consumptive singer at a midnight gathering, and the preternatural calm of one who hears the siren’s call not as a lure but as a confirmation. This is the quiet, eerie kingdom one enters when the veil between this world and the next grows thin.
Etymology
From fey + -dom.
noun
- The state of being fey or doomed.e.g.“Hamlet is fey, as heroes have been since the dawn of literature ; but was ever feydom so wonderfully set forth, or a doomed hero more adorable?” — 2005, John Dover Wilson, What happens in Hamlet:
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