Afairyist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who does not believe in fairies. humorous, rare
"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?"
Example
More examples"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?"
Etymology
From a- + fairy + -ist, based on atheist.
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