n.
(pl. fairies)
- a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers.
- a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail.
[Genus Heliothryx: two species.]
- informal, derogatory a male homosexual.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (denoting fairyland): from OFr. faerie, from fae ‘a fairy’, from L. fata ‘the Fates’, pl. of fatum (see fate).