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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A folktale or fairy story.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German, from Middle High German merechyn, short verse narrative, diminutive of mære, narrative, from Old High German māri, famous, narrative; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]
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