Seelie
/ˈsiː.li/noun, adjective
Seelie is a noun meaning “A benevolent or beneficially-inclined fairy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-E-L-I-E, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Seelie mean?
noun
- 1
A benevolent or beneficially-inclined fairy.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Seelie; benevolent (as a fairy, etc).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Seelie?
- /ˈsiː.li/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-Seelie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Seelie
- more Seelie comparative
- most Seelie superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Seelie?
Seelie appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Seelie come from?
From Scots sely, seelie (“holy, good”), from Middle English seely, from Old English sǣliġ, gesǣlig. Doublet of silly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).