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fairy
English
Alternative forms
- faery
- faerie
- færie (archaic, nonstandard)
- fairie
Etymology
From Middle English fairye, fairie, from Old French faerie, from fae + -erie, from Vulgar Latin *F?ta (“goddess of fate”), from Latin f?tum (“fate”). Equivalent to Fate +? -ery.
English from ca. 1300, first in the sense of "enchantment, illusion, dream" and later "realm of the fays, fairy-land" or "the inhabitants of fairyland as a collective".The re-interpretation of the term as a countable noun denoting individual inhabitants of fairy-land can be traced to the 1390s, but becomes common only in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f????i/
- (General American) enPR: fâr??
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /?f????i/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /?f??i/
- Rhymes: -???i
- Homophone: ferry (in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
Noun
fairy (countable and uncountable, plural fairies)
- (uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
- A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
- An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
- (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
- 1933, Nathanael West, 'Miss Lonelyhearts' [Miss Lonelyhearts is male.]
- The cripple returned the smile and stuck out his hand. Miss Lonelyhearts clasped it, and they stood this way, smiling and holding hands, until Mrs. Doyle reëntered the room.
"What a sweet pair of fairies you guys are," she said.
The cripple pulled his hand away and made as though to strike his wife.
- The cripple returned the smile and stuck out his hand. Miss Lonelyhearts clasped it, and they stood this way, smiling and holding hands, until Mrs. Doyle reëntered the room.
- 1933, Nathanael West, 'Miss Lonelyhearts' [Miss Lonelyhearts is male.]
- A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
Synonyms
- (supernatural creature): fay, fey, fae, sprite; see also goblin (hostile)
- (male homosexual): fag (US), faggot (US), poof (UK), queen
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
fairy
- Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.
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otherworld
English
Etymology
From Middle English otherworld, equivalent to other +? world.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ?th??r-wûrld', IPA(key): /??ð??w?ld/
Noun
otherworld (plural otherworlds)
- A world beyond death; an afterlife.
- A world other than the everyday world.
- Mythical abode of otherworldy beings.
Synonyms
- (life after death): hereafter, other side
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