Oct 2, 2012 · Faery and Faerie keep this ancient derivative and are used by Faery historians and artists who connect deeply with all aspects of Faery. Fairy is more commonly used by Disney and other sources who turn the realm of Fae into complete fantasy and sometimes nonsensical, childish beings who "only exist in the imagination of the child".

May 31, 2017 · Actually, the OED does trace to Latin fata; you just have to look at the cross-reference in the etymology to the entry for fay ("< fae, fee fay n.2 + -erie-ery suffix."): "< Old French fae, faie (French fée) = Provençal fada, Portuguese fada, Spanish hada, Italian fata < Common Romance fāta feminine singular, < Latin fāta the Fates, plural of fātum fate n."

May 11, 2017 · The comment by mplungjan is correct, as it focuses on the definition of fair. An alternative approach is to look at actual values used in surveys, or the recommendations from th

Jan 31, 2017 · Here's the OED's definition and earliest two quotations: 2.c. Usu. in pl. Dealing, treatment; esp. in phr. fair do's.

Sep 6, 2015 · Early Google Books instances of 'tickle [one's] fancy' I consider it unlikely that the phrase "tickle [one's] fancy" originated as a double entendre.

What term describes a non-offensive substitute for a swear word? For example, Battlestar Galactica used frack instead of fuck. Another example is the use of snap instead of shit. I think I may h...

You really have two problems. The first is a matter of punctuation, and as such this is a matter of style, so the answer to it will depend on what manual of style you use.

Jul 14, 2017 · The first part of your question --a person who lies and invents stories/scenarios to elicit sympathy-- sounds like a form of Munchausen Syndrome (as others have mentioned):

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Jan 3, 2019 · 'The grass is greener' in idiom and proverb dictionaries. Christine Ammer, The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, second edition (2013) echoes the observation cited in user240918's question that "the grass is greener" derives from an ancient proverb: