faerie

American  

[fey-uh-ree, fair-ee] / ˈfeɪ ə ri, ˈfɛər i /

Also faëry or faery

noun

plural

faeries

1. the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.

2. Archaic. a fairy.

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adjective

1. fairy.

faerie British  

/ ˈfeɪərɪ, ˈfɛərɪ /

noun

1. the land of fairies

2. enchantment

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adjective

1. a variant of fairy

Etymology

Origin of faerie

First recorded in 1580–90; spelling variant of fairy

Example Sentences

Instead, they learn to sing the local language in a lovely faerie hymnal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

From the start, Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada appears to be a creature of faerie, or a mythic beast: a captivating beauty, just so long as you don’t look too closely at the wrong moment.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

Your Neopoints piled up and you spent them on plushies, faerie quests, paintbrushes, and you watched your pets deteriorate right before your eyes.

From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2020

The pièce de résistance depicted a faerie woman with flowing hair whose fingers turned into peacock feathers.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020

“The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Lovers, to bed; ’tis almost faerie time ...”

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick