fairyhood

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English

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Etymology

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From fairy +‎ -hood.

Noun

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fairyhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or period of being a fairy.
    • 1970, C. K. Yang, Religion in Chinese Society: A Study of Contemporary Social Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factors:
      The Taoists even set up quotas of merits for the attainment of fairyhood, as stated in the Taoist scripture, Pao P'u Tzu []
    • 2018, Joan Weiner, Frege in Perspective, page 141:
      It is important to note that the primitiveness of the notion of fairyhood does not allow the stipulation that a particular object is a fairy, any more than the primitiveness of the notion of point allows the stipulation that a particular object is a point.