Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

afairyist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: afairy-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who does not believe in fairies.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"But consider this: your typical atheist does not believe in fairies, goblins, sprites, water nymphs, demons, angels, ghosts or elves either. Why not call him an 'afairyist', or an 'agoblinist', or an 'anymphist', and so endlessly on?"
"Nobody can actually say for certain that anything doesn't exist, but I'm an atheist in the same way as I am an aleprechaunist and an afairyist and an apinkunicornist."

Etymology

From a- + fairy + -ist, based on atheist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a-
Suffix: fairy

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

afairyists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

adragonist aleprechaunist asantaist atoothfairyist aunicornist

Questions

What does afairyist mean?: A person who does not believe in fairies.
Where does afairyist come from?: From a- + fairy + -ist, based on atheist.

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