faerie

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
  2. noun the enchanted realm of fairies

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

fairy, faery, fay, sprite

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