faerie

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noun

Realm of the fays, fairyland.

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fairyfaeryfayspritefairyland
OriginOld French faerie →
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Meanings

nounfaerie (countable and uncountable, plural faeries)

plural faeries · alternative hypercorrect nonstandard færie · alternative faërie

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of fairy.

    All these stories are based upon the classic structure of the faerie tale and are highly enjoyable (and, yes, they end "happily ever after"). But they can provide much more than that.

    1985 February 2, Tim Broadbent, “Kindred Spirits (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 10
  2. countableuncountableRealm of the fays, fairyland.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

Similar
fairyfaeryfaysprite
Broader
spiritual beingsupernatural being

nounthe enchanted realm of fairies

Similar
fairylandfaery
Broader
imaginary placemythical placefictitious place
Also see
fairyfairylandfaypucksprite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchfaerie
  2. Englishfaerie

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.

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APA

faerie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faerie

MLA

“faerie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faerie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faerie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faerie.

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