The most beautiful or the most just and unbiased; superlative form of 'fair' meaning either physically beautiful or treating people equally.
From Old English 'fæger,' related to Germanic languages. The superlative '-est' suffix makes it 'the most fair.' The word has two old meanings that coexist: beauty and justice, both suggesting 'balanced' or 'right.'
'Fair' meaning beautiful and 'fair' meaning just might seem unrelated, but both come from the same root idea: something properly balanced, proportioned, and right—whether aesthetically or morally, both involve a sense of harmony.
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