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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024air•y-fair•y (âr′ē fâr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. - Informal Terms
- delicate or lovely:an airy-fairy actress; an airy-fairy nightgown.
- not based on reality or concerned with mundane affairs;
unrealistic:airy-fairy ideas about spending a fortune that isn't even his.
- Slang Termseffeminate;
swishy.
- perh. origin, originally in the phrase "airy, fairy Lilian'' in Tennyson's poem "Lilian'' (1830)
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