Noun: fairytale 'fe-ree,teyl
- A children's story (often traditional) about imaginary or magical places and beings
"She read her daughter a fairytale about a princess and a dragon";
- fairy tale, fairy story
- An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
"He tried to explain his lateness with a fairytale about a unicorn blocking traffic";
- fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story [informal], song and dance [US, informal]
Derived forms: fairy tales, fairytales
Type of: fib [informal], narration, narrative, porky [Brit, informal], porky pie [Brit, informal], story, tale, taradiddle [informal], tarradiddle [informal]
Encyclopedia: Fairytale