Meaning of FAIRY
Pronunciation: | | 'fehree
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
- [n] offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
- [adj] of or pertaining to or resembling (especially in delicacy) a fairy or fairies
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| Synonyms: | | faerie, faerie, faery, faery, fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer, sprite |
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| See Also: | | brownie, dwarf, elf, gay man, gnome, gremlin, hob, imp, Morgan le Fay, pixie, pixy, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, shirtlifter, spiritual being, supernatural being, Titania, water nymph, water sprite | |
Products Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Fairy The Harley-riding fairy who takes care of the magical needs of the neighborhood steps in when Victoria Stubbs loses her first tooth and her nonbelieving father wants nothing to do with the tooth fairy. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
The God of her has made an end, And fro this
worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. --Gower.
2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate.
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}.
The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
--K. James.
And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and
fairies in a ring. --Shak.
5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak.
{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}.
No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful
power over true virginity. --Milton.
\Fair"y\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
{Fairy bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.
{Fairy bluebird}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bluebird}.
{Fairy martin} (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo
ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on
overhanging cliffs.
{Fairy} {rings or circles}, the circles formed in grassy
lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly
supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances.
{Fairy shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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Dream Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Seeing a fairy in your dream means joy and happiness in your surroundings. It may also represent a feminine qualities and aspects of yourself.
Seeing a sad fairy in your dream, symbolizes loss of love or money, or both. |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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