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Definitions for faerieˈfeɪ ə ri, ˈfɛər i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fa•er•ieˈfeɪ ə ri, ˈfɛər i(n.; adj.)(pl.)-er•ies

or fa•er•y

  1. (n.)the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.

  2. Archaic. a fairy.

  3. (adj.)fairy.

Origin of faerie:

1580–90; sp. var. of fairy

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite(noun)

    a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

  2. fairyland, faerie, faery(noun)

    the enchanted realm of fairies

Wiktionary

  1. faerie(Noun)

    Realm of the fays, fairyland.

    2. Origin: From faerie; re-introduced into English in deliberately archaising spelling in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in authoring the Faerie Queene.

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