Word of the Day - faerie

faerie

(also faery)

/ˈfeɪəri//ˈfɛːri/
noun
mass noun literary, archaic
1 Fairyland.
1.1 count noun A fairy.
1.2 as modifier Imaginary; mythical.

Origin
Late 16th century (introduced by Spenser): pseudo-archaic variant of fairy.

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Some modern fantasy writing is less concerned with a separate faerie world, but, instead, conjoins mythical lives with a "mundane" though unsettled urban environment.