green fairy
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.04 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years."
- "She used to buy the majority of her medicines from a local green fairy, but when they were busted, her supply line, like that of many other patients, was cut."
Etymology
Calque of French fée verte.