faery
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- noun
- /ˈfɛəri/
- Literature
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reino de hadas
- Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world—the land of Faery.
Examples
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In many stories, the faery world is depicted as a beautiful land hidden from human eyes.
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The Faery folk of Irish legend didn't live to serve man.
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Believe in this couple this day who come to picnic in the Faery Glen.
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The realm of Faery could be perilous, and its people fierce.
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'Tis an elfin-storm from faery land, of haggard seeming, but a boon indeed.
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The same that oft-times hath charmed magic casements, opening on the foam of perilous seas, in faery lands
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Children love to imagine adventures in faery realms filled with magical creatures.
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Legends speak of a faery kingdom where wishes can come true if one finds the right path.
Synonyms
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A beautiful imaginary place in stories where small magical creatures live
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A magical land where small magical creatures live
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A made-up world with magic and creatures like dragons and wizards
Surface Forms
Etymology
Faery names a magical land and comes from an old French word faerie, which meant 'magic' and from Latin fata meaning 'the fates', and it is the same root as the modern word fairy. So faery means a place of strange powers and wonder, which is why it is used for 'fairyland'.