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fairyhood

American  
[fair-ee-hood] / ˈfɛər iˌhʊd /

noun

  1. a fairy nature or state.

    the fairyhood of Puck.

  2. fairies collectively.


Etymology

Origin of fairyhood

First recorded in 1825–35; fairy + -hood

Example Sentences

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

From The Animated Pinup by Lewis Parker

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

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting

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

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon

That other, which he displays, with mock emphasis, of restitution to the downtrodden fairyhood, is an exotic, fair and slight bud, grafted into the sturdier indigenous stock.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various

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

From Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis

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