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fa⋅er⋅ie

  [fey-uh-ree, fair-ee]
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–noun
1. the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
2. Archaic. a fairy.
–adjective
3. fairy.
Also, faery.

Origin:
1580–90; sp. var. of fairy

fa⋅er⋅y

  [fey-uh-ree, fair-ee] noun, plural fa⋅er⋅ies, adjective
faerie.
Also, fa⋅ër⋅y.
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fa·er·ie also fa·er·y   (fā'ə-rē, fâr'ē)   
n.   pl. fa·er·ies
  1. A tiny, mischievous, imaginary being; a fairy.
  2. The land or realm of the fairies.

[Middle English faierie, fairie; see fairy.]
fa'er·ie, fa'er·y adj.
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