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fairyfolk

fairyfolk is the alternative form of fairy folk.

Meaning of fairy folk

Noun

fairy folk pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small mythical humanlike creatures with magical powers and fair skin who live in remote, often forested locations and are rarely seen.
    • Two lads were ploughing up a field, in the middle of which was an old thorn-tree, a trysting-place of the Fairy-folk.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 162
    Synonyms:
    faefolk

Questions about fairyfolk

What is fairyfolk the alternative form of?
Fairyfolk is the alternative form of fairy folk.

Words near fairyfolk in the dictionary

  1. fairydom
  2. fairydoms
  3. fairyflies
  4. fairyfloss
  5. fairyfly
  6. fairyfolk
  7. fairyhood
  8. fairyish
  9. fairyism
  10. fairyisms
  11. fairykind

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