faerieEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishfaerie /ˈfɛːri / (also faery) ▸ noun [mass noun] archaic, or literary fairyland: the world of faerie. ▪ [count noun] a fairy. ▪ [as modifier] imaginary; mythical: faerie dragons. – ORIGIN late 16th century (introduced by Spenser): pseudo-archaic variant of fairy.