Synonyms for fairies

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fair-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛər i

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Définition of fairies

Origin : c.1300, fairie, "enchantment, magic," from Old French faerie "land of fairies, meeting of fairies, enchantment, magic," from fae "fay," from Latin fata (plural) "the Fates," from PIE *bha- "to speak" (see fame (n.)).
As "a supernatural creature" from late 14c. [contra Tolkien; cf. "This maketh that ther been no fairyes" in "Wife of Bath's Tale"], perhaps via intermediate forms such as fairie knight "supernatural or legendary knight" (early 14c.). The diminutive winged beings so-called in children's stories seem to date from early 17c.
Yet I suspect that this flower-and-butterfly minuteness was also a product of "rationalization," which transformed the glamour of Elfland into mere finesse, and invisibility into a fragility that could hide in a cowslip or shrink behind a blade of grass. It seems to become fashionable soon after the great voyages had begun to make the world seem too narrow to hold both men and elves; when the magic land of Hy Breasail in the West had become the mere Brazils, the land of red-dye-wood. [J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories," 1947]
The slang meaning "effeminate male homosexual" is first recorded 1895. Fairy ring is from 1590s. Fossil sea urchins found on the English downlands were called fairy loaves.

noun supernatural being

Example sentences :

Each of these fairies was about the height of a cambric needle.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

He had never harmed the fairies, therefore he feared no evil from them.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

The Cymric fairies of our days have had many troubles to complain of.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Now it was Puck who led the fairies as the great peacemaker.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

As for the fairies, they met together to see what could be done.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Returning to the mountain, the fairies, in a band, went with him to the great rock.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

They could not sleep while the fairies were having their parties.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

All this was only chaff and fun, for all the fairies were in good humor.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

All fairies that were accustomed to turn mortals into cheese.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

This did not mean that these fairies had ever been through college.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

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