fairy lightn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛːrɪ ˌlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈfɛri ˌlaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., light n.¹

Etymology: < fairy n. + light n.¹ In sense 4 punningly after Very light at Very n.²

a. Phosphorescent light seen hovering or floating at night, esp. over marshy ground, that appears to move away when approached; an instance of this; a will-o'-the-wisp. Now rare.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp

fox-fire1483

foolish fire1563

ignis fatuus1563

fool's fire1583

Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584

going fire1596

will-o'-the-wisp1596

meteor1597

firedrake1607

wisp1618

ambulones1621

Dick-a-Tuesday1636

friar's lantern1645

gillian burnt-tail1654

Jill-burnt-tail1654

Jack-o'-lantern1658

fatuous fire1661

wildfire1663

wandering fire or light1667

Jack-a-Lent1680

fairy light1722

spunkie1727

Jill-o'-the-wisp1750

fen-fire1814

fatuus1820

marsh-light1823

feu follet1832

wisp-lighta1847

hob-lantern1847

ghost light1849

elf-fire1855

Peggy-with-her-lantern1855

fatuous light1857–8

marsh-fire1865

swamp fire1903

Min-Min1950

1722 J. Sterling Rival Generals ii. i. 38 You appear bewilder'd, Lost in a Maze of Thought, like wand'ring Travellers; Whom Nightly Streams of Fairy Light misguide.

1746 Short Verses, in Imitation Long Verses 4 In Roads bemired; Men see by Night, A Fairy-Light, Which they pursue, With eager View; In hope to win A friendly Inn; But by Mistake, In some foul Lake Surpriz'd they're flung.

1808 C. R. Maturin Wild Irish Boy II. 163 As the fairy light which the traveller follows for joy of its solitary beauty along the waste, and to the precipice.

1864 St. James's Mag. June 325 Immersed to his neck, and with fairy lights playing along the waters of the marsh.., the hapless being was ready to..proclaim his belief in fairy mythology.

2011 L. P. Bannatyne Halloween Nation vi. 112 The phenomenon was called by many different names: Kit, Meg, Willy, Jenny, corpse candle, fairy light, spunkie or punkie, to name just a few.

b. Chiefly literary and poetic. A bright, ethereal light or glow cast by the moon, stars, etc. Now rare.

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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > light of night sky

skylight1644

night light1648

fairy light1792

nightglow1843

airglow1949

1792 S. E. Brydges Mary De-Clifford iv. 86 Her attachment..tinged her imagination with new colours, threw a sort of fairy light over all the scenery around her.

1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 21 As touch'd with dawning moonlight's hoary gleams, Long streaks of fairy light the wave illume.

1810 L. Aikin Epist. Women 75 Blest orb, that flashed on Spenser's dazzling sight Long meteor-streams and trails of fairy-light.

1819 Christian Disciple & Theol. Rev. Mar. 121 The softened sunbeams pour around A fairy light, uncertain, pale.

1899 S. Bonsal Fight for Santiago xii. 302 The moon rose above the fringe of the forest, and shed a fairy light upon the slope of San Juan.

1922 L. Griswold Tides of Deal vii. 103 Eastward above Strathsey hung the evening star, already casting a narrow beam of fairy light upon the wine-dark quiet sea.

2. In plural. A series or group of small lights used for decoration; spec. (in later use) a series of (typically differently coloured) electric lights on a cable, which are hung up outdoors, around a Christmas tree, etc. Also occasionally in singular. Also in extended use.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > fairy lights

fairy lights1839

Christmas lights1903

1839 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers (rev. ed.) iv. 41 Bowers of rose and laurel, groves of orange and myrtle, fairy lights twinkling through thick foliage, music breathing from the flutes of unseen performers, distracted admiration till the ball-room absorbed every sense.

1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Jan. 11/2 The Lilliputian fir-tree, with its fairy lights, its glittering gifts, its joyous circle of visitants, all have, of late years, become so familiar to us in our own land, that we stay not to depict them here.

1871 Eng. Mechanic 24 Nov. 244/2 A long crescent of fairy-lights, glimmering on the coast-line.

1955 M. Hastings Cork & Serpent vii. 86 A gay little inn with a string of fairy lights illuminating the banks of bottles behind the bar.

1968 Listener 12 Dec. 807/3 Even electric fairy lights are not entirely free of fire risk.

1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 22 Nov. 18 A fairy light from a Christmas tree.

2000 K. Newman in M. Connelly Christmas at Movies 138 Santa Claus is throttled with fairy lights.

3. A type of lamp containing a candle, typically having a coloured glass shade. Also: a candle for such a lamp. Cf. fairy lamp n. at fairy n. and adj. Compounds 2. Now historical.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > containing a candle

fairy lamp1878

candle-lamp1882

fairy light1886

1886 Colonial & Indian Exhib.: Official Catal. 166 (advt.) New Patent ‘Fairy’ Lamps And ‘Fairy’ Lights.

1891 Strand Mag. Aug. (advt.) The Queen of Lights. ‘Fairy’ Light. With Double Wicks.

1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 20 Night Lights... Fairy Lights, to burn in the ‘Fairy Lamps’.

1986 R. Notley Pressed Flint Glass (2008) 9 (caption) Samuel Clarke's ‘Fairy’ lights and glasses were made up from the basic threepenny fairy glass.

4. = Very light at Very n.² Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > light signal

Very light1907

fairy light1916

pistol flare1916

pistol light1916

society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals

blue light1761

fire shell1765

Indian light1787

Bengal light1791

Indian fire1831

flare-up light1858

flare1883

Very1907

fairy light1916

Aldis lamp1917

Aldis1918

Bengal fire1941

flame float1942

Bengal flash1946

1916 I. Gurney Let. 16 June (1991) 91 Rockets—fairy lights they call them; fired from a pistol.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 91 Fairy Light, Véry Light, named after its inventor. Véry Lights were flares or fire balls fired from a pistol, employed everywhere in the trenches and by airmen.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 98 Fairy lights (Verey lights to send up the S.O.S. or distress signals).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fairy light
释义	fairy lightn. Brit. /ˈfɛːrɪ ˌlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɛri ˌlaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., light n.¹ Etymology: < fairy n. + light n.¹ In sense 4 punningly after Very light at Very n.² 1. a. Phosphorescent light seen hovering or floating at night, esp. over marshy ground, that appears to move away when approached; an instance of this; a will-o'-the-wisp. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp fox-fire1483 foolish fire1563 ignis fatuus1563 fool's fire1583 Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584 going fire1596 will-o'-the-wisp1596 meteor1597 firedrake1607 wisp1618 ambulones1621 Dick-a-Tuesday1636 friar's lantern1645 gillian burnt-tail1654 Jill-burnt-tail1654 Jack-o'-lantern1658 fatuous fire1661 wildfire1663 wandering fire or light1667 Jack-a-Lent1680 fairy light1722 spunkie1727 Jill-o'-the-wisp1750 fen-fire1814 fatuus1820 marsh-light1823 feu follet1832 wisp-lighta1847 hob-lantern1847 ghost light1849 elf-fire1855 Peggy-with-her-lantern1855 fatuous light1857–8 marsh-fire1865 swamp fire1903 Min-Min1950 1722 J. Sterling Rival Generals ii. i. 38 You appear bewilder'd, Lost in a Maze of Thought, like wand'ring Travellers; Whom Nightly Streams of Fairy Light misguide. 1746 Short Verses, in Imitation Long Verses 4 In Roads bemired; Men see by Night, A Fairy-Light, Which they pursue, With eager View; In hope to win A friendly Inn; But by Mistake, In some foul Lake Surpriz'd they're flung. 1808 C. R. Maturin Wild Irish Boy II. 163 As the fairy light which the traveller follows for joy of its solitary beauty along the waste, and to the precipice. 1864 St. James's Mag. June 325 Immersed to his neck, and with fairy lights playing along the waters of the marsh.., the hapless being was ready to..proclaim his belief in fairy mythology. 2011 L. P. Bannatyne Halloween Nation vi. 112 The phenomenon was called by many different names: Kit, Meg, Willy, Jenny, corpse candle, fairy light, spunkie or punkie, to name just a few. b. Chiefly literary and poetic. A bright, ethereal light or glow cast by the moon, stars, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > light of night sky skylight1644 night light1648 fairy light1792 nightglow1843 airglow1949 1792 S. E. Brydges Mary De-Clifford iv. 86 Her attachment..tinged her imagination with new colours, threw a sort of fairy light over all the scenery around her. 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 21 As touch'd with dawning moonlight's hoary gleams, Long streaks of fairy light the wave illume. 1810 L. Aikin Epist. Women 75 Blest orb, that flashed on Spenser's dazzling sight Long meteor-streams and trails of fairy-light. 1819 Christian Disciple & Theol. Rev. Mar. 121 The softened sunbeams pour around A fairy light, uncertain, pale. 1899 S. Bonsal Fight for Santiago xii. 302 The moon rose above the fringe of the forest, and shed a fairy light upon the slope of San Juan. 1922 L. Griswold Tides of Deal vii. 103 Eastward above Strathsey hung the evening star, already casting a narrow beam of fairy light upon the wine-dark quiet sea. 2. In plural. A series or group of small lights used for decoration; spec. (in later use) a series of (typically differently coloured) electric lights on a cable, which are hung up outdoors, around a Christmas tree, etc. Also occasionally in singular. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > fairy lights fairy lights1839 Christmas lights1903 1839 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers (rev. ed.) iv. 41 Bowers of rose and laurel, groves of orange and myrtle, fairy lights twinkling through thick foliage, music breathing from the flutes of unseen performers, distracted admiration till the ball-room absorbed every sense. 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Jan. 11/2 The Lilliputian fir-tree, with its fairy lights, its glittering gifts, its joyous circle of visitants, all have, of late years, become so familiar to us in our own land, that we stay not to depict them here. 1871 Eng. Mechanic 24 Nov. 244/2 A long crescent of fairy-lights, glimmering on the coast-line. 1955 M. Hastings Cork & Serpent vii. 86 A gay little inn with a string of fairy lights illuminating the banks of bottles behind the bar. 1968 Listener 12 Dec. 807/3 Even electric fairy lights are not entirely free of fire risk. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 22 Nov. 18 A fairy light from a Christmas tree. 2000 K. Newman in M. Connelly Christmas at Movies 138 Santa Claus is throttled with fairy lights. 3. A type of lamp containing a candle, typically having a coloured glass shade. Also: a candle for such a lamp. Cf. fairy lamp n. at fairy n. and adj. Compounds 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > containing a candle fairy lamp1878 candle-lamp1882 fairy light1886 1886 Colonial & Indian Exhib.: Official Catal. 166 (advt.) New Patent ‘Fairy’ Lamps And ‘Fairy’ Lights. 1891 Strand Mag. Aug. (advt.) The Queen of Lights. ‘Fairy’ Light. With Double Wicks. 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 20 Night Lights... Fairy Lights, to burn in the ‘Fairy Lamps’. 1986 R. Notley Pressed Flint Glass (2008) 9 (caption) Samuel Clarke's ‘Fairy’ lights and glasses were made up from the basic threepenny fairy glass. 4. = Very light at Very n.² Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > light signal Very light1907 fairy light1916 pistol flare1916 pistol light1916 society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals blue light1761 fire shell1765 Indian light1787 Bengal light1791 Indian fire1831 flare-up light1858 flare1883 Very1907 fairy light1916 Aldis lamp1917 Aldis1918 Bengal fire1941 flame float1942 Bengal flash1946 1916 I. Gurney Let. 16 June (1991) 91 Rockets—fairy lights they call them; fired from a pistol. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 91 Fairy Light, Véry Light, named after its inventor. Véry Lights were flares or fire balls fired from a pistol, employed everywhere in the trenches and by airmen. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 98 Fairy lights (Verey lights to send up the S.O.S. or distress signals). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1722
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