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faerie

[fey-uh-ree, fair-ee] / ˈfeɪ ə ri, ˈfɛər i /


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Instead, they learn to sing the local language in a lovely faerie hymnal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Elusive, childlike and literally untouchable, Trelia seems more a creature of faerie than a human being.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

Anyone who knows their way around faerie tales knows you need to be cautious with old women in the woods.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2022

The pièce de résistance depicted a faerie woman with flowing hair whose fingers turned into peacock feathers.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Human wet nurses to suckle sickly faerie infants.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black