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fairylore

fairylore noun: the knowledge, study, history, or lore of fairies.

Noun

fairylore (uncountable)

  1. The knowledge, study, history, or lore of fairies.
    • We have already contributed, in the form of tales and notes, to the Irish Fairy Legends almost every thing we know respecting the Fairy lore of this country.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 177

Origin of fairylore

From fairy + lore.

Questions about fairylore

What does fairylore mean?
Fairylore means the knowledge, study, history, or lore of fairies.
What part of speech is fairylore?
Fairylore is a noun.

Words near fairylore in the dictionary

  1. fairylet
  2. fairylets
  3. fairylike
  4. fairyling
  5. fairylings
  6. fairylore
  7. Fairymead
  8. fairyness
  9. fairyologist
  10. fairyologists
  11. fairyology

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