the state of being a fairy or of being enchanted by fairies
2.
a collective term for fairies
fairyhood in American English
(ˈfɛəriˌhud)
noun
1.
a fairy nature or state
the fairyhood of Puck
2.
fairies collectively
Word origin
[1825–35; fairy + -hood]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, panda, spiritualism, structural, torque-hood is a native English suffix denoting state, condition, character, nature, etc., ora body of persons of a particular character or class, formerly used in the formationof nouns. Other words that use the affix -hood include: angelhood, girlhood, nationhood, personhood, statehood
Examples of 'fairyhood' in a sentence
fairyhood
She had bravely striven to keep her fairyhood, and in the battle of wits, had lost.
William Elliot Griffis Welsh Fairy Tales (1921). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)