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fairyhood

[ fair-ee-hood ]

noun

  1. a fairy nature or state:

    the fairyhood of Puck.

  2. fairies collectively.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fairyhood1

First recorded in 1825–35; fairy + -hood

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Example Sentences

The 'elf' is flourishing in all good fairyhood, with a scarlet rose leaf on each cheek.

I could see that the two of them were losing faith in my godmaternal fairyhood.

Meantime she writes to a friend that “the ‘elf’ is flourishing in all good fairyhood, with a scarlet rose leaf on each cheek.”

She had bravely striven to keep her fairyhood, and in the battle of wits, had lost.

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