fair

adjective
/ˈfɛə/

Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

Example

“Monday's child is fair of face.”

Other meanings

Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
“one's fair name”
Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
“She had fair hair and blue eyes.”

Example sentences

“You're not being fair to yourself.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“Is it fair to all parties?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "fæġer" (beautiful).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fair” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.