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fairy (noun)

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  • fairy — ► NOUN (pl. fairies) 1) a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers. 2) informal, derogatory a male homosexual. ORIGIN Old French faerie fairyland , from fae a fairy , from Latin fata the Fates …   English terms dictionary

  • fairy godmother — noun 1. a generous benefactor • Hypernyms: ↑benefactor, ↑helper 2. a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine • Hypernyms: ↑fairy, ↑faery, ↑faerie, ↑fay, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • fairy gold — noun or fairy money 1. : money held to be given by fairies but turned into rubbish when put to use 2. : wealth or prosperity that may vanish as swiftly as it is acquired : precarious or illusory wealth was to have been, according to those who… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fairy story — fairy tale UK / US or fairy story UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fairy tale : singular fairy tale plural fairy tales Word forms fairy story : singular fairy story plural fairy stories * 1) a traditional children s story in which magic things …   English dictionary

  • fairy tale — UK / US or fairy story UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fairy tale : singular fairy tale plural fairy tales Word forms fairy story : singular fairy story plural fairy stories * 1) a traditional children s story in which magic things happen 2)… …   English dictionary

  • fairy tale — ► NOUN 1) a fairy story. 2) (before another noun ) magical or idealized: a fairy tale romance …   English terms dictionary

  • fairy bell — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑common foxglove, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fairy lantern — noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg shaped flowers • Syn: ↑globe lily • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑white globe lily, ↑white fairy lantern, ↑Calochortus …   Useful english dictionary

  • fairy lights — UK US noun [plural] british small lights used for decorating something, especially a tree at Christmas Thesaurus: relating to or connected with the christmas periodhypernym types of electric lighthyponym * * * ˈfairy lights [fairy lights] …   Useful english dictionary

  • fairy godmother — noun a) In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist. I thought it was clever the director cast the same woman to play both the Wicked Witch and Prince Charmings fairy …   Wiktionary

  • fairy circle — noun a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium • Syn: ↑fairy ring • Hypernyms: ↑ring, ↑halo, ↑annulus, ↑doughnut, ↑anchor ring * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

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