fairy


Definition: Meaning of, fairy in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfɛːri /

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fairy fairies
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  1. a small imaginary creature with magic powers, which looks like a very small person
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  2. old-fashioned not polite an offensive word for a HOMOSEXUAL man
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fairy used in phrases

  • airy fairy (adjective)
    1. not sensible or practical
  • airy-fairy (adjective)
    1. impractical; not based on reality; fanciful
  • bad fairy (noun)
    1. a fairy that tends to cause harm
  • fairy armadillo (noun)
    1. very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
  • fairy bell (noun)
    1. tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  • fairy bluebird (noun)
    1. fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
  • fairy cake (noun)
    1. a very small cake
  • fairy circle (noun)
    1. a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
  • fairy cup (noun)
    1. a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
    2. miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
  • fairy godmother (noun)
    1. a woman with magic powers who saves someone from trouble, in a story
    2. someone who helps people when they are in trouble
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