faerie
Americannoun
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the land of fairies
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enchantment
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Elusive, childlike and literally untouchable, Trelia seems more a creature of faerie than a human being.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 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
And naturally, the government is well-invested in keeping its foot on the neck of the faerie folk.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2019
I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Then the prince’s former spymaster approaches Mer with a plan to steal the prince’s treasure, with a team of rogues that includes a corgi that might be a spy for the faeries.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
In one ear they had the hope-peddlers and centrist pundits whispering, like faeries or gods in some pre-Raphaelite painting, that everything would be fine and they should just keep sleeping.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2022
They’ll want to chat — faeries are a chipper lot — but it’s best to get inside the pub’s doors before one gets led astray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2018
Countless faeries are constantly working inside this form, blending theater with ritual and casting story- spells intended to change the world.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2018
A large table dominates the room, and sitting at it are two faeries I’ve never met—both of them gazing at me unhappily.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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