Definitions for airy-fairy

airy-fairy air·y-fair·y

Spelling: [air-ee-fair-ee]
IPA: /ˈɛər iˈfɛər i/

Airy-Fairy is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in airy-fairy (-aafiirryy).

Definitions for airy-fairy

adjective

  1. Informal. delicate or lovely: not based on reality or concerned with mundane affairs; unrealistic:
  2. Slang. effeminate; swishy.

Origin of airy-fairy

perhaps orig. in the phrase “airy, fairy Lilian” in Tennyson's poem “Lilian” (1830)

Examples for airy-fairy

Nothing of the tootsey-wootsey about her foot, and nothing of the airy-fairy trifle about her slipper.

There is nothing more beautiful than the airy-fairy soap-bubble with its everchanging colors.

Word Value for airy-fairy
Scrable

7

Words with friends

6

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