fairy

  • 21fairy */ — UK [ˈfeərɪ] / US [ˈferɪ] noun [countable] Word forms fairy : singular fairy plural fairies 1) an imaginary creature with magic powers that looks like a small person with wings 2) offensive an offensive word for a gay man …

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  • 22Fairy — This picturesque and interesting name is of medieval Scottish origin, and it is thought that it may be from the Gaelic O Fearadhaigh , which translates as the descendant of Fearadhach , a personal name of uncertain origin. A family named Farie of …

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  • 23fairy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ bad, wicked (esp. BrE) ▪ tooth VERB + FAIRY ▪ believe in …

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  • 24fairy — Synonyms and related words: Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, air, auntie, banshee, bi guy, bisexual, brownie, bubble, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chaff, chicken, chip, cluricaune, cobweb, cork, down, dust, dwarf, dyke,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25fairy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fay, sprite, pixy, elf, brownie, gnome, leprechaun. See mythical deities, demon. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spirit, sprite, fay, good fairy, elf, brownie, goblin, hobgoblin, dryad, hamadryad, oread,… …

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  • 26fairy — fai|ry [ˈfeəri US ˈferi] n plural fairies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: faerie fairyland , from fae fairy , from Latin fatum fate ] 1.) a small imaginary creature with magic powers, which looks like a very small person 2.) old f …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27fairy — fair·y || ferɪ / feÉ™r n. nymph, sprite, elf; homosexual male (Slang) adj. of fairies; fairy like; fantastic, magical …

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  • 28fairy — noun (plural fairies) 1》 a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers. 2》 a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail. [Genus Heliothryx: two species.] 3》 informal, derogatory a male homosexual.… …

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  • 29fairy — ausytieji kolibriai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Heliothryx angl. fairy rus. ушастый колибри, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji kolibriai siauresnis terminas – paprastasis ausytasis kolibris siauresnis terminas – …

    Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • 30fairy — n. a male homosexual. (Rude and derogatory.) □ Bob got fired for calling Bill a fairy …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions