Definitions

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  • proper noun Alternative capitalization of sidhe.

Etymologies

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From an ellipsis of Irish aos sídhe (people of the fairy mound).

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Examples

  • It's just that it turns out a lot of things make sense if you figure my great-grandfather was one of the Sidhe, is the thing.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2010

  • It's just that it turns out a lot of things make sense if you figure my great-grandfather was one of the Sidhe, is the thing.

    mrissa: I should have known when I got these earrings. mrissa 2010

  • In fact, a lot of this novel is more reminiscent of Poul Anderson's time police type stories, if you added in Sidhe gods, and celtic magic powered superheroes like the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons, of course.

    Superhero Prose Fiction: King Arthur - The Kingdom Of the Serpent 1 Jack Of Ravens Blue Tyson 2008

  • Now, because many, many other folk than the Sidhe live in that place, we keep the name Sidhe and call the place where we live Underhill.

    This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • You might remember the name Sidhe from their work on early PSP and later Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ports of the excellent puzzle-racer

    Waxy.org Links 2010

  • Over the eons, they grew smaller and eventually became known as the Sidhe or fairy folk, but even today they continue to inhabit and protect wooded glens and fields, streams, and bogs, still practicing their magic rituals.

    News for Richmond Times-Dispatch 2009

  • But in forging his cat's-paw, he seemed to have imbued Parker Wheatley with a fixed conviction that the Sidhe were the implacable enemy of humanity and must be destroyed, and apparently Wheatley didn't intend to abandon his mission just because he'd lost his insider position in Washington.

    Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • But in forging his cat's-paw, he seemed to have imbued Parker Wheatley with a fixed conviction that the Sidhe were the implacable enemy of humanity and must be destroyed, and apparently Wheatley didn't intend to abandon his mission just because he'd lost his insider position in Washington.

    Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Beyond the Sidhe was a mixed mass of repulsive beings of all sizes.

    This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • Small wonder few people saw the Oldest Ones anymore, the ones the Celts had called the Sidhe; there was no place "safe" for them on the material plane anywhere near humans.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

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