Faerie Definition

fāərē, ferē
faeries
noun
faeries
Fairyland.
Webster's New World
A fairy.
Webster's New World
The land or realm of the fairies.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Fairy.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Faerie

Noun

Singular:
faerie
Plural:
faeries

Origin of Faerie

  • From Old French faerie; re-introduced into English in deliberately archaising spelling in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in authoring the Faerie Queene.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English faierie, fairie fairy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Faerie Sentence Examples

  • Just to let you know I've just listed a beautiful faerie with a difference!

  • Faerie events have become so popular, you can find any number of pictures online, so do some browsing to get even more inspiration.

  • Chaucer, when he spoke of Gawain coming "again out of faerie," spoke better than he knew; the home of that very gallant and courteous knight is indeed Fairy-land, and the true Gawain-tradition is informed with fairy glamour and grace.

  • In 1856 he published his first book, Within and Without, a dramatic poem; following it in 1857 with a volume of Poems, and in 1858 by the delightful " faerie romance Phantastes.

  • We spend the whole day exploring this magical island and if we are lucky may see a faerie or two or perhaps a Selkie!

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Words Starting With

FFAFAE

Words Ending With

EIERIE

Unscrambles

faerie

Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With E