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Fairy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fairy?
[n] small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
[n] offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [adj] of or pertaining to or resembling (especially in delicacy) a fairy or fairies Synonyms | Synonyms for Fairy: faerie | faerie | faery | faery | fag | faggot | fagot | nance | pansy | poof | poove | pouf | queen | queer | sprite Related Terms | Find terms related to Fairy: air | Ariel | auntie | banshee | Befind | bi-guy | bisexual | brownie | bubble | bull dyke | butch | catamite | chaff | chicken | chip | cluricaune | cobweb | cork | Corrigan | down | dust | dwarf | dyke | elf | elfin | elfish | elflike | ether | faery | fag | faggot | fairy queen | fairyish | fairylike | fay | feather | femme | Finnbeara | flit | flue | fluff | foam | fricatrice | froth | fruit | fuzz | gnome | gnomelike | gnomish | goblin | gossamer | gremlin | gunsel | hob | homo | homophile | homosexual | homosexualist | imp | invert | kobold | leprechaun | lesbian | Mab | mote | nance | Oberon | ouphe | pansy | pathic | peri | pixie | pixieish | pooka | puca | puck | punk | pwca | queen | queer | sapphist | sponge | sprite | spume | straw | sylph | sylphid | sylphidine | sylphine | sylphish | sylphlike | sylphy | thistledown | Titania | tribade See Also | brownie | dwarf | elf | gay man | gnome | gremlin | hob | imp | Morgan le Fay | pixie | pixy | Puck | Robin Goodfellow | shirtlifter | spiritual being | supernatural being | Titania | water nymph | water sprite Fairy In Webster's Dictionary \Fair"y\, n.; pl. {Fairies}. [OE. fairie, faierie,
enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F.
f['e]er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See
{Fate}, and cf. {Fay} a fairy.] [Written also {fa["e]ry}.]
1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
The God of her has made an end, And fro this
worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. --Gower.
2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate.
3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to
assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or
female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of
mankind; a fay. See {Elf}, and {Demon}.
The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
--K. James.
And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and
fairies in a ring. --Shak.
5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Fairy of the mine}, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit
mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one
fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See {Kobold}.
No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful
power over true virginity. --Milton.
\Fair"y\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. {Fairy bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}. {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bluebird}. {Fairy martin} (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. {Fairy} {rings or circles}, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. {Fairy shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite. |
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