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Fed"i*ty (?), n. [L. foeditas,
fr. foedus foul, filthy.] Turpitude; vileness.
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Fee (fē), n. [OE. fe,
feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS.
feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of "property, money,"
arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange
or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS.
fehu cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu,
fehu, G. vieh, Icel. fē cattle, property,
money, Goth. faíhu, L. pecus cattle,
pecunia property, money, Skr. paçu cattle, perh.
orig., "a fastened or tethered animal," from a root signifying to
bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf. OF.
fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F.
fief, from German, of the same origin. the sense fief
is due to the French. √249. Cf. Feud, Fief,
Fellow, Pecuniary.


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