fairy tale
- a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief: His story of being a millionaire is just a fairy tale.
Origin of fairy tale
Related Words for fairytale
exotic, whimsical, glamorous, amorous, fascinating, colorful, exciting, fantastic, charming, dreamy, tender, erotic, fanciful, maudlin, corny, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, adventurous, utopianExamples from the Web for fairytale
Contemporary Examples of fairytale
Still, despite the fairytale, campaigns pour good money after bad to lure this vote.
Newsweek tries to argue that its survey shows that we no longer believe in ‘the fairytale’ of William and Kate.
This fairytale of a cosmopolitan-cultural-melting-pot that is the envy of the international community certainly has its charms.
It looks a bit like a beautiful tablecloth, laid out on the floor for a fairytale picnic.
Here Comes the Bride…In Flaming Red: Two Centuries of Colorful Wedding DressesLiza Foreman
May 7, 2014
It hosts a big, public wedding to remind everyone that it can, as a statement of power, not a fairytale.
Historical Examples of fairytale
I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale; then read this and that as well, and you will see what is a fairytale.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
You write as if a fairytale were a thing of importance: must it have a meaning?
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
Suppose my child ask me what the fairytale means, what am I to say?
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
Did you let her out of a box, as the princess did in the fairytale?
The Fairchild FamilyMary Martha Sherwood
Rather a fairytale sort of country where mistletoe can be got so easily!
Round the Wonderful WorldG. E. Mitton
fairy tale
fairy story
- a story about fairies or other mythical or magical beings, esp one of traditional origin told to children
- a highly improbable account
Word Origin and History for fairytale
fairy tale
"oral narrative centered on magical tests, quests, and transformations," 1749, translating French Conte de feés of Madame d'Aulnois (1698, translated into English 1699). As an adjective (also fairytale), attested by 1963.