Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fairy godparent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: fairy -god-par-ent
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gender-neutral equivalent of fairy godmother.

Example Sentences

"Tracking his movements in the wild, as he crashes karaoke parties and kickball games, has become an online pastime; Mr. Murray himself has become the folkloric equivalent of a leprechaun or fairy godparent, popping up at unpredictable yet opportune moments."
"Foremost in my mind is the breakout scene in 1960's "Cinderfella," his comic telling of the classic fairy tale in which a mistreated stepchild is granted his wish to go to the ball by a fairy godparent — in this iteration, a fairy godfather played magnificently by Ed Wynn."
"“Ragged Dick” was good because it had jokes, villains, the eros of accumulation, the soft bed after the hard streets, the fairy godparent who arrives in the nick of time."

Etymology

By analogy with fairy godmother.

Inflected Forms

fairy godparents (plural)

Questions

What does fairy godparent mean?: Gender-neutral equivalent of fairy godmother.
Where does fairy godparent come from?: By analogy with fairy godmother.

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