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Word: Fairy
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting fairyland, or fairies collectively): from Old French faerie, from fae, ‘a fairy’, from Latin fata ‘the Fates’, plural of fatum (see fate). Compare with fay
ˈfɛːri
a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one
Short Definition:small imaginary being
Examples:- she believed she had had fairies at the bottom of her garden
- she dressed up as a colourful fairy princess with her sister
- the mischievous ways of the fairy folk
a gay man.
Short Definition:gay man
a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail.
Short Definition:hummingbird
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