What a shame. I don't think there's any other word with quite this meaning, nor will be, given that the concept is founded on superstition and we live in more pragmatic times.
It almost makes me wish I was Scottish.

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fey

adjective

giving an impression of vague unworldliness; having supernatural powers of clairvoyance; Scottish: fated to die or at the point of death

USAGE NOTE fey, fay Fey derives from the Old English faege (“doomed to die”) and carries the related sense “in an unusually excited state (like one about to die).” By an extension, the word came to mean “whimsical, otherworldly, eccentric,” perhaps from confusion with fay (= a fairy or elf). This shift in meaning was noticed as early as 1950. Today the word's original meaning is all but forgotten—e.g.: “An upsurge of book sales in cyberspace could have dramatic effects on the fortunes of the already fey and contradictory world of book publishing.” ( Washington Post, Aug. 4, 1997.) — BG