airy fairyn.

Brit.

/ˌɛːrɪ ˈfɛːri/, U.S.

/ˌɛri ˈfɛri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: airy adj., fairy n.

Etymology: < airy adj. + fairy n., after German luftige Elfen, plural (1849 in the passage translated in quot. 1863) and airy-fairy adj.

A fairy, esp. one perceived as inhabiting the air.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > specific types of

colt-pixie1542

shelly-coat1802

night-rider1856

airy fairy1863

sky fairy1876

couril1889

1863 F. E. Bunnett tr. G. G. Gervinus Shakespeare Comm. I. 275 These light, agreeable, rallying and sylph-like natures..has Shakespeare chosen with singular tact as the originals, from whose fixed characteristics he gave form and life to his airy fairies [Ger. luftigen Elfen].

1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 25 No airy fairy she, As she hangs in arsenic green, From a highly impossible tree, In a highly impossible scene.

1924 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 13 Apr. The three little airy fairies..were dainty participants in the M. M. M. Mardi Gras Ball.

1946 W. P. Witcutt Blake, Psychol. Stud. viii. 112 The fiery Genii belong to feeling, the earthy gnomes to intuition, the watery nymphs to sensation, and the airy fairies to thought.

2001 Shakespeare Q. 52 88 (note) Robert Weimann divides the play [sc. A Midsummer Night's Dream] into interlocking groups of airy fairies, earthy workers, and royal courtiers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	airy fairy
释义	airy fairyn. Brit. /ˌɛːrɪ ˈfɛːri/, U.S. /ˌɛri ˈfɛri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: airy adj., fairy n. Etymology: < airy adj. + fairy n., after German luftige Elfen, plural (1849 in the passage translated in quot. 1863) and airy-fairy adj. A fairy, esp. one perceived as inhabiting the air. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > specific types of colt-pixie1542 shelly-coat1802 night-rider1856 airy fairy1863 sky fairy1876 couril1889 1863 F. E. Bunnett tr. G. G. Gervinus Shakespeare Comm. I. 275 These light, agreeable, rallying and sylph-like natures..has Shakespeare chosen with singular tact as the originals, from whose fixed characteristics he gave form and life to his airy fairies [Ger. luftigen Elfen]. 1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 25 No airy fairy she, As she hangs in arsenic green, From a highly impossible tree, In a highly impossible scene. 1924 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 13 Apr. The three little airy fairies..were dainty participants in the M. M. M. Mardi Gras Ball. 1946 W. P. Witcutt Blake, Psychol. Stud. viii. 112 The fiery Genii belong to feeling, the earthy gnomes to intuition, the watery nymphs to sensation, and the airy fairies to thought. 2001 Shakespeare Q. 52 88 (note) Robert Weimann divides the play [sc. A Midsummer Night's Dream] into interlocking groups of airy fairies, earthy workers, and royal courtiers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1863
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