Synonyms for fairy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fair-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛər i

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Définition of fairy

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 :

The fairy godmother romance of it fascinated her girlish mind.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

He was no longer the fairy godmother's devoted and humble factotum.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

But in Miss Edgeworth's little fable there is no fairy agency.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

He told her the family traditions that had been the fairy tales of his childhood.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

And if she's Cinderella, can't we have a peep at the fairy godmother?
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

In the silvery moonlight all the fairy, flower-like quality of her was enhanced.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

He who would arrive at the Fairy Land must face the Phantoms.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

This fairy was a stickler for the correct use of every word.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Then she knew that these, his playmates, were fairy children.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

Now, I should like to see the fairy that could beat him at tricks.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

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