Pigwidgeon vs. Fairy

Pigwidgeonnoun

(rare) A small or petty person, creature or object, especially a fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf.

Fairynoun

The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.

Pigwidgeonnoun

(rare) A contemptible or stupid person or creature.

Fairynoun

A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.

Pigwidgeonnoun

A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

Fairynoun

An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.

Fairynoun

A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

Fairynoun

A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.

Fairyadjective

Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.

Fairynoun

Enchantment; illusion.

‘The God of her has made an end,And fro this worlde's fairyHath taken her into company.’;

Fairynoun

The country of the fays; land of illusions.

‘He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy.’;

Fairynoun

An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.

‘The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.’; ‘And now about the caldron sing,Like elves and fairies in a ring.’;

Fairynoun

An enchantress.

‘No goblin or swart fairy of the mineHath hurtful power over true virginity.’;

Fairyadjective

Of or pertaining to fairies.

Fairyadjective

Given by fairies; as, fairy money.

Fairynoun

small, human in form, playful, having magical powers

Fairynoun

offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

Fairynoun

a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one

‘fairy gold’; ‘she believed she had had fairies at the bottom of her garden’;

Fairynoun

a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail.

Fairynoun

a male homosexual.

Fairy

A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, German, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural. Myths and stories about fairies do not have a single origin, but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from disparate sources.