FAIRYISMS Synonyms

• of or containing or dissolved in ether

• characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

• of heaven or the spirit

• characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

• existing in fancy only

• ludicrously odd

• any art that invokes supernatural powers

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

• possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

• relating to or characteristic of mysticism

• relating to or resembling mysticism

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

• an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

• atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

• a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

• a magical spell

• a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

• a female sorcerer or magician

• (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

• a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)

• a voluptuously beautiful young woman

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

• creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas