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fairyness

fairyness noun: the quality of being fairy.

Noun

fairyness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being fairy.
    • Most obviously, Snug the Joiner, one of the amateur actors, is in this version a two-headed, two-sexed creature embodied, hilariously, by Ms. Williamson and Mr. Bedard. Ms. Parsons speaks the words of Titania, but her winged, incandescent fairyness is evoked by a team of fluttering, humming others...2015 September 20, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers”, in New York Times

Origin of fairyness

From fairy + -ness.

Questions about fairyness

What does fairyness mean?
Fairyness means the quality of being fairy.
What part of speech is fairyness?
Fairyness is a noun.

Words near fairyness in the dictionary

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

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