| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·er·ie |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f   -r , fâr |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also fa·er·y |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fa·er·ies
1. A tiny, mischievous, imaginary being; a fairy. 2. The land or realm of the fairies. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English faierie, fairie. See fairy. | | OTHER FORMS: | faer·ie, faer·y —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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