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fairy
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[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
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