| 单词 | wicked fairy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWicked Fairy c. Designating a stock evil character in a fairy-tale, as Wicked Fairy, Wicked Stepmother, Wicked Uncle, etc. Frequently transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > stock evil character wicked1897 1897 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. (1899) 39 He owned a soft, slow smile which well suited the part of the Wicked Uncle. 1906 Sleeping Beauty (‘Tales for Little People’ ed.) 8/2 ‘That looks like the wicked fairy, I'm sure,’ said his majesty to himself. 1946 A. Huxley Let. 26 May (1969) 544 That blessing and curse of cleverness, with which the Fairy Godmother, who is also the Wicked Fairy, endowed me. 1978 M. Babson Tightrope for Three xv. 78 He could not see Lillian in the classic ‘wicked stepmother’ situation. 1982 ‘J. Melville’ Painted Castle i. 21 If you left Tad out of consideration, uncomfortable things were apt to happen. He had a touch of the Wicked Fairy about him. < as lemmas |
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