fairyism (fariizm)

[ The air of enchantment and fairyism which is the tone of the place. Walpole , Letters, II. 431. 2. Belief in fairies; a narrating of fairy tales; fairy myths or legends. This curious and very ancient medley of Druidism and fairyism I have abridged from the ancient Leabhar na-hUidhré, so often referred to in these lectures. O'Curry, Anc. Irish, I. ix. Thomson is beautiful in rural descriptions, but he has not the distinctne and fairyism of Milton. Sir E. Brydges , On Milton's Comus. The imaginary land be fair. In giving a fair - seeming appearance to common goods, we are not only behind some of our continental rivals, but we are lamentably behind in the conditions which promote excellence. Westminster Rev., CXXVIII. 197.