fairies
- 1Plural of fairy.
In the old tales, fairies were not always kind and sometimes stole children away.
The book's illustrations show fairies with gauzy wings dancing among the foxgloves.
Note
A regular plural for a noun ending in a consonant plus y: the y becomes ie before -s, as in berries and stories. It carries every meaning of the singular, including the insulting use for gay or effeminate men, so when the talk is of people rather than folklore it can wound. The Chinese immortals and the hummingbirds take the same plural.
fairies is a form of fairy
fairy, noun: A mythical being of human form with magical powers, pictured in many sizes and forms, though modern illustrations often show only a tiny sprite with gauzy wings, especially a female one. Full entry
- Forms
- fairyfairies plural
- Spelling
- fairy → fairies: change y to i, add -es
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