fairy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
    fay; faerie; faery; sprite.
  2. noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
    poove; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.

WordNet

Fair"y noun
Etymology
OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. féer, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.
Wordforms
plural Fairies
Definitions
  1. Enchantment; illusion. Obs. Chaucer.
    The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. Gower.
  2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. Obs.
    He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. Lydgate.
  3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.
    The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. K. James.
    And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak.
  4. An enchantress. Obs. Shak.
    No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. Milton.
Fair"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
  2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. Dryden.

Webster 1913