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adjective
1.
Informal.
a.
delicate or lovely: an airy-fairy actress; an airy-fairy nightgown.
b.
not based on reality or concerned with mundane affairs; unrealistic: airy-fairy ideas about spending a fortune that isn't even his.
2.
Slang. effeminate; swishy.
Origin:
perhaps orig. in the phrase “airy, fairy Lilian” in Tennyson's poem “Lilian” (1830)
perhaps orig. in the phrase “airy, fairy Lilian” in Tennyson's poem “Lilian” (1830)
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Airy-fairy
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