fairy
noun/ˈfeəri/
/ˈferi/
(plural fairies)
- (in stories) a creature like a small person, who has magic powers
- a good/wicked fairy
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- bad
- wicked
- …
- believe in
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- (taboo, offensive, slang) an offensive word for a gay man
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting fairyland, or fairies collectively): from Old French faerie, from fae, ‘a fairy’, from Latin fata ‘the Fates’, plural of fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.
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