fays

plural of fay
as in fairies
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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Noun
  • The lottery fairies have given you more time.
    Enquirer staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2025
  • While the indoor show will be missing the trees and outdoor ambiance, DeLancett and Hayes worked to craft photo ops with mermaids, fairies, wizards and birds of prey.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the virtuous, near-immortal elves of Lothlórien are depicted living peacefully in a realm of lush flora and elaborate tree-houses.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • All of the workers who are playing the elves have either been killed in horrible ways or beheaded, and their heads are used as tree toppers, and their intestines are strung on the Christmas trees.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To some, the creatures that purportedly visited Kelly — about eight miles north of Hopkinsville — became known as goblins.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
  • A lot of the folktales referenced in Rabbit Trap are drawn from this one text from 1880, called British Goblins, from an American anthropologist called Wirt Sikes, who traveled through Wales, collected stories and sightings of goblins and fairies.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Fays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fays. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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