Meanings
- colloquialuncountableAbsinthe liquor.
Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years.
2010, Paul Owens, Paul Nathan, The Little Green Book of Absinthe, Penguin, →ISBN - New ZealandcolloquialuncountableA person who supplies medicinal cannabis products illegally.
She used to buy the majority of her medicines from a local green fairy, but when they were busted, her supply line, like that of many other patients, was cut.
2020, James Borrowdale, Weed: A New Zealand Story, Penguin Random House New Zealand, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchfée verte
- Englishgreen fairy
Calque of French fée verte.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French fée verte
- fée verteabsinthe liquor — see also absinthe
German grüne Fee
- grüne Feeabsinthe liquor — see also absinthe
Polish zielona wróżka
- zielona wróżkaabsinthe liquor — see also absinthe
Cite this entry
green fairy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20fairy
“green fairy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20fairy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “green fairy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/green%20fairy.
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