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noun
Archaic spelling of fairy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Realm of the fays, fairyland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the enchanted realm of fairies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fairyland, faery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
noun
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fairy, faery, fay, sprite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiritual being, supernatural being
Narrower terms: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp, fairy godmother, gnome, dwarf, Morgan le Fay, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, Oberson, Titania, tooth fairy, water sprite, water nymph, water spirit
History
A deliberately archaic spelling of fairy (attested since the 1300s in spellings like fairye, fayre), based on Old French faerie, used in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene.
