| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fair·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fâr  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fair·ies
1. A tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers. 2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English fairie, fairyland, enchanted being, from Old French faerie, from fae, fairy, from Vulgar Latin F ta, goddess of fate, from Latin ftum, fate. See fate.
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