faerie
Americannoun
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the land of fairies
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enchantment
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of faerie
First recorded in 1580–90; spelling variant of fairy
Example Sentences
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The books follow Feyre Archeron in the faerie lands of Prythian and her love story with the High Lord of the Night Court, Rhysand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Elusive, childlike and literally untouchable, Trelia seems more a creature of faerie than a human being.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022
Your Neopoints piled up and you spent them on plushies, faerie quests, paintbrushes, and you watched your pets deteriorate right before your eyes.
From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2020
The Mad Knight knew: “He leaves behind hot, dusty, tedious La Mancha and enters the realm of faerie by what amounts to a willed act of the imagination.”
From New York Times • May 26, 2020
I think of how I felt yesterday, and the echo of faerie fruit comes unbidden into my mouth.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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