English Explanatory Dictionary

faerie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Archaic spelling of fairy.
  2. Realm of the fays, fairyland.

Word forms

faerie faeries færie faërie

Etymology

A deliberately archaic spelling of fairy (attested since the 1300s in spellings like fairye, fayre), based on Old French faerie, used in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene.

Derived words

faeriecore faeriedom faerie godmother faeriekind faerie tale
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