'Fairy' definitions:
Definition of 'fairy'
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Definition of 'Fairy'
From: GCIDE
- Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
- Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.
- Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.
- Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
- Fairy shrimp (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fairy'
From: GCIDE
- Fairy \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. [1913 Webster]
- The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. --K. James. [1913 Webster]
- And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fairy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Fairy'
- Fairies,
- Fairy bird,
- Fairy bluebird,
- Fairy circles,
- Fairy martin,
- Fairy of the mine,
- Fairy rings,
- Fairy shrimp,
- Fairy stone,
- bad fairy,
- fairy armadillo,
- fairy bell,
- fairy circle,
- fairy cup,
- fairy godmother,
- fairy lantern,
- fairy light,
- fairy ring,
- fairy story,
- fairy swallow,
- fairy tale,
- tooth fairy,
- Fairy ring champignon,
- fairy-slipper,
- golden fairy lantern,
- white fairy lantern,
- fairy-ring mushroom