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fairyness

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Etymology

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From fairy +‎ -ness.

Noun

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fairyness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being fairy.
    • 2015 September 20, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers”, in New York Times[1]:
      Most obviously, Snug the Joiner, one of the amateur actors, is in this version a two-headed, two-sexed creature embodied, hilariously, by Ms. Williamson and Mr. Bedard. Ms. Parsons speaks the words of Titania, but her winged, incandescent fairyness is evoked by a team of fluttering, humming others standing behind her.