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noun

as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers in the tale a fay appears in the form of a beautiful and serene woman with an angelic air and a billowy gown

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Recent Examples of fay
Noun
The series stars McGregor as Count Rostov, a fay member of Czarist Russia’s ruling class, who was living in comfort in his estates until the revolution of 1917 overthrew the old order. Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Almshouse dwellers, sitting in the sun, watching the surging tide and the glistening water, tell of spirits and banshees and fays. Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fay
Adjective
  • The Puma sneakers bring a sleek, sporty vibe with metallic silver accents, while the Lucky Step sneakers add playful texture with mesh detailing.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, Golden State was feeling so confident that their television network decided to take a playful jab at Lakers superstar LeBron James.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But stealing the show was the family matriarch, Kris Jenner, 69, who dressed as a woodland fairy for the occasion in a green sparkly, floral mini dress and fairy wings, while Khloé herself wore an animal print onesie.
    Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The color-changing micro fairy LEDs were incredibly easy to activate.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Surprises are part and parcel of a horror movie, but more as jump scares or scary reveals or whatever, not a merry jaunt around another plot thread.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the weeks that followed, the secretary also removed every member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with a merry band of loyalists and skeptics.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The hanging fireplace, seemingly lit by house elves, pairs nicely with the gratis bottles of spirits and Chilean wine.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And thank the faeries for that.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The hunger-desire gleaming in their eyes brought to mind that poem about goblin men selling goblin fruit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the orange pumpkin, white ghost and green goblin, there will be a red zombie and a black cat.
    Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Fay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fay. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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