fayle

F4A1Y4L1E1

proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

fayle1

verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of fail.

    If they ſhoulde gyue battayle it was to be doubted, leaſt through treaſon amõgſt themſelues, the armie ſhould be betrayed into the enimies hands, the which would not fayle to execute all kinde of crueltie in the ſlaughter of the whole nation.

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 249, column 1

Fayle2

proper nounFayle (plural Fayles)

plural Fayles

  1. A surname.

Origin

* As a Manx surname, reduced variant of McPhail. * As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Fail.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

fayle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fayle

MLA

“fayle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fayle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fayle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fayle.

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