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faydom en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From fay (“fairy”) + -dom.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The realm or sphere of faerie.
   • He merely got tantalizing scraps of information flung at him from the boundary wall of faydom. 1998, George Wyman Bury, The land of Uz:
   • [...] far more reduced kingdom of Magic. I am the case of real distress. I am the Magician without a shoe to stand on. My glory is departed — mine, Ichabod the Magician. Before faydom existed, was Magic, awful, erect, weird, inscrutable. 1853, Charles Dickens, Household words:

faydom en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From fay (“fated, doomed”) + -dom.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of feydom.
   alt of feydom