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faerie

faerie noun: realm of the fays, fairyland. Also the archaic spelling of fairy.

faerie: realm of the fays, fairyland
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Noun

faerie (countable and uncountable, plural faeries)

  1. Realm of the fays, fairyland.

Also used as

faerie is also the archaic spelling of fairy.

Examples of faerie in a sentence

  • The bright light of the faeries was superoverwhelming, and my eyes started to water.
  • Faeries ripped plumes from helmets; soldiers found their pistols dangled just out of reach.
  • Invite, but never command, friendly spirits, faeries, or elementals to join you as you wish.

All 10 example sentences with faerie

Forms of faerie

pluralfaeries
alternative formfaërie
alternative hypercorrect (nonstandard)færie

Plural of faerie: faeries

Origin of faerie

A deliberately archaic spelling of fairy (attested since the 1300s in spellings like fairye, fayre), based on Old French faerie, used in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene.

Words formed from faerie

Phrases with faerie

Questions about faerie

What does faerie mean?
Faerie means realm of the fays, fairyland.
What part of speech is faerie?
Faerie is a noun.
What is the plural of faerie?
The plural of faerie is faeries.

Words near faerie in the dictionary

  1. faena
  2. faenas
  3. faer
  4. Faerber
  5. Faerbers
  6. faerie
  7. faerie godmother
  8. faerie godmothers
  9. faerie tale
  10. faerie tales
  11. faeriecore

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