fairy

Pluralfairies

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A magical being from old stories that looks like a person, often shown as a tiny girl with wings.

   My little sister dressed up as a fairy with pink wings.

   The old story says that fairies dance in the woods at night.

   Similarsprite, pixie

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2. 2
   fancifuladjective

   Delicate, playful, or full of magic, like a fairy.

   In the morning dew, the spider web had a fairy beauty.

   The girl moved with a fairy grace that made everyone stop and watch.

   Similarethereal, delicate, dreamlike, magical, whimsical

3. 3
   nounslangderogatorycountable or uncountable

   A rude and hurtful word for a gay man, or a man seen as acting like a woman.

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