faerie

See also: færie

English

The Faerie Queene, as depicted in 1788.

Alternative forms

• færie (archaic, nonstandard)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French faerie; re-introduced into English in deliberately archaising spelling in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in authoring the Faerie Queene.

Noun

faerie (countable and uncountable, plural faeries)

1. Archaic spelling of fairy.
2. Realm of the fays, fairyland.

References

• Faerie, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• feriae

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Old French

Alternative forms

• faierie

Etymology

From fae + -erie

Noun

faerie f

1. the sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or dream associated with the fae (fays)

Derived terms

• French: féerie
• Middle English: fairye