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faerie::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | faery, fairy, fay, sprite |
| Type of | supernatural being, spiritual being |
| Has types | elf, fairy godmother, gnome, gremlin, hob, imp, morgan le fay, water sprite, dwarf, water nymph, water spirit, brownie, oberson, pixie, pixy, puck, robin goodfellow, titania, tooth fairy |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | faery, fairyland |
| Type of | mythical place, fictitious place, imaginary place |
Examples of faerie
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Hamilton has since started another series, starring faerie queen Merry Gentry.
From the time.com
She has built an extensive collection of faerie art, from the 18th century to modern times.
From the voanews.com
In Irish mythology, a leprechaun is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Suemarie Klimek will instruct in faerie garden design.
From the freep.com
Artificial sentimentality built around the falsification of details of what is already a faerie tale.
From the economist.com
These faerie-folk are deadly real, and they are vain and proud, and their contempt for you wrings your soul.
From the bbc.co.uk
He will travel by foot to her home at Edgewood, a faerie-touched manse with whimsical proportions, and marry Daily Alice.
From the npr.org
Faerie tales were removed from bookshelves and children were encouraged to read books focusing on nature and science.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As soon as Robin Goodfellow became Puck, and he became a faerie, then the coherence of the production seemed to fall apart.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Fairy: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- Fairyland: the enchanted realm of fairies
- A fairy (also faery, faerie, fay, fae; euphemistically wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, etc.)Briggs, Katharine Mary (1976) An Encyclopedia of Fairies. New York, Pantheon Books. "Euphemistic names for fairies" p. 127 ISBN 0-394-73467-X. ...
- (Faeries (movie)) Faeries is a 1999 British animated film directed by Gary Hurst and featuring the voices of Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott and Jeremy Irons.
- Archaic spelling of fairy; nonstandard spelling of faerie
- (Faeries) Usually, this means beings that live in the Otherworld or Underworld, parallel to our world and not far from it. Many people who readily accept the reality of ghosts don't believe in faeries.
- (Faeries) And the last is the real problem child. Every now and then, some being comes along claiming to be a faerie from days of old and wreaks some havoc before departing. Whether or not this is a faerie is never determined, and may defy examination. ...
- (Faeries) The "good folk" of legend, ascribed an alien supernatural existence between our world and one of their own.
- (Faeries) There are a number of species of fae native to Aysle. These include Cypria (based on the element of Metal), and Infernas (based on Fire).
