faerie
Americannoun
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the land of fairies
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enchantment
adjective
Etymology
Origin of faerie
First recorded in 1580–90; spelling variant of fairy
Example Sentences
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Instead, they learn to sing the local language in a lovely faerie hymnal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025
From the start, Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada appears to be a creature of faerie, or a mythic beast: a captivating beauty, just so long as you don’t look too closely at the wrong moment.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
Anyone who knows their way around faerie tales knows you need to be cautious with old women in the woods.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2022
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
“We all move to the human world. Move in with Heather. Jude doesn’t have to worry about knighthood, and Taryn doesn’t have to throw herself away on some silly faerie boy.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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