fairyologyn.
/ˌfɛːrɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌfɛriˈɑlədʒi/ Writing about fairies; the study of fairies or fairy lore.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > study of
fairyology1842
1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 1 185 The only ‘Easter offering’ to their holiday patrons they have put forth, is a piece of metrical fairyology, called the ‘White Cat’.
1859 M. A. Denham (title) A few fragments of fairyology.
1907 G. Massey Anc. Egypt I. 121 These Sami..supplied fiends and spirits of darkness to later folklore and fairyology.
1997 Independent (Nexis) 18 Oct. 3 The Japanese are buying fairies. The wand that sparked the present proliferation of fairyology in London came from Kimie Imura-Lawlor.
Derivatives
fairyˈologist n. a person who writes about or studies fairies or fairy lore.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > study of > one who studies
fairyologist1902
1902 Literary News Apr. 107/1 They are really charming little tales, reminding one more nearly of Grimm than of any other fairyologist.
1908 Daily Chron. 11 Dec. 4/4 Mr. Dion Clayton Calthrop, the ‘fairyologist’ of all others—to quote Mr. Tree's quaint phrase.
2006 R. Dawkins God Delusion i. 37 That clergyman presumably would not have deferred to the expertise of a claimed ‘fairyologist’ on the exact shape and colour of fairy wings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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