FAIRY
What does "FAIRY" mean?
A small imaginary being with magical powers, often winged, from folklore.
Meanings
- A mythical magical creature, usually depicted as a tiny humanlike figure with wings. In the story, a fairy grants the woodcutter three wishes.
- Of, relating to, or resembling fairies; delicate and magical. The garden had a fairy quality in the morning mist.
Did you know?
- In 1917 two cousins in Cottingley, England photographed paper cut-out 'fairies' and fooled Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed them real; the women only admitted the hoax in 1983.
Word origin
From Old French 'faerie' meaning 'enchantment, land of the fays', from 'fae' (fairy), ultimately from Latin 'fata', the Fates, from 'fatum' (destiny).
Remember it
FAIRY = FAIR + Y: a fair (lovely) being, with a y-shaped wing tilted up.
A little poem
Dew on a spiderweb-
for one slanted second of light
the lawn keeps its wings.
haiku
What it teaches
We invent fairies for the same reason we keep night-lights: the dark is easier with something small and kind in it.
Quick facts
What does FAIRY mean?
A small imaginary being with magical powers, often winged, from folklore.
Is FAIRY a valid word?
Yes — FAIRY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FAIRY?
FAIRY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FAIRY come from?
From Old French 'faerie' meaning 'enchantment, land of the fays', from 'fae' (fairy), ultimately from Latin 'fata', the Fates, from 'fatum' (destiny).
What can FAIRY teach us?
We invent fairies for the same reason we keep night-lights: the dark is easier with something small and kind in it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.