of fairies; fairy-like; fantastic, magical
nymph, sprite, elf; homosexual male (Slang)
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Fairy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
fairy
\fair"y\, a.
1. of or pertaining to fairies.
2. given by fairies; as, fairy money.
fairy
bird (zo?l.), the euoropean little tern (sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
fairy
bluebird. (zo?l.) see under bluebird.
fairy
martin (zo?l.), a european swallow (hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.
similar words(7)
fairy martin
white fairy lantern
fairy stone
fairy bird
fairy shrimp
fairy bluebird
fairy of the mine
Origin
Deliberate corruption of the french phrase '‡a ne fait rien' - it doesn't matter.
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Fairy, (n.)
A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests. It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children. The fairies are now believed by naturalist to be extinct, though a clergyman of the Church of England saw three near Colchester as lately as 1855, while passing through a park after dining with the lord of the manor. The sight greatly staggered him, and he was so affected that his account of it was incoherent. In the year 1807 a troop of fairies visited a wood near Aix and carried off the daughter of a peasant, who had been seen to enter it with a bundle of clothing. The son of a wealthy "bourgeois" disappeared about the same time, but afterward returned. He had seen the abduction been in pursuit of the fairies. Justinian Gaux, a writer of the fourteenth century, avers that so great is the fairies' power of transformation that he saw one change itself into two opposing armies and fight a battle with great slaughter, and that the next day, after it had resumed its original shape and gone away, there were seven hundred bodies of the slain which the villagers had to bury. He does not say if any of the wounded recovered. In the time of Henry III, of England, a law was made which prescribed the death penalty for "Kyllynge, wowndynge, or mamynge" a fairy, and it was universally respected.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests. It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children. The fairies are now believed by naturalist to be extinct, though a clergyman of the Church of England saw three near Colchester as lately as 1855, while passing through a park after dining with the lord of the manor. The sight greatly staggered him, and he was so affected that his account of it was incoherent. In the year 1807 a troop of fairies visited a wood near Aix and carried off the daughter of a peasant, who had been seen to enter it with a bundle of clothing. The son of a wealthy "bourgeois" disappeared about the same time, but afterward returned. He had seen the abduction been in pursuit of the fairies. Justinian Gaux, a writer of the fourteenth century, avers that so great is the fairies' power of transformation that he saw one change itself into two opposing armies and fight a battle with great slaughter, and that the next day, after it had resumed its original shape and gone away, there were seven hundred bodies of the slain which the villagers had to bury. He does not say if any of the wounded recovered. In the time of Henry III, of England, a law was made which prescribed the death penalty for "Kyllynge, wowndynge, or mamynge" a fairy, and it was universally respected.
1. (derogatory) effeminate male; 2. (derogatory) male homosexual
insubstantial, hare-brained, nothing much, in one's dreams; fancy; vague
very delicate
1. daydreaming; 2. mentally unsound or eccentric; 3. not in touch with reality; 4. incapacitated by alcohol
fair enough
a shower
children's party food favourite - bread and butter with 100's & 1000's on top
candy floss, cotton candy, a sticky hairy (usually pink) thing one eats at a fair
(pl.) characters in a popular television commercial, “Woo worse, foo fairies, the happy way to shop”
something that is not at all empty
1. daydreaming; 2. mentally unsound or eccentric; 3. not in touch with reality; 4. incapacitated by alcohol
to fart
Noun
1. small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
(synonym) faery, faerie, sprite
(hypernym) spiritual being, supernatural being
(hyponym) elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
2. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
(synonym) fagot, faggot, fag, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf
(hypernym) gay man, shirtlifter
Fairy Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of a fairy, is a favorable omen to all classes, as it is always a scene with a beautiful face portrayed as a happy child, or woman.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectFairy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A fairy (also faery, faerie, fay, fae; euphemistically wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, etc.) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.
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