[ˈfɛːri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one
(e.g: she believed she had had fairies at the bottom of her garden)

- a gay man

- a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail


Phrases:
- away with the fairies

Origin:
Middle English (denoting fairyland, or fairies collectively): from Old French faerie, from fae, ‘a fairy’, from Latin fata ‘the Fates’, plural of fatum (see fate). Compare with fay