pixie

[ pik-see ]
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noun,plural pix·ies.
  1. a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.

  2. a small, pert, or mischievous person.

adjective
  1. Also pix·ie·ish, pix·y·ish. playfully impish or mischievous; prankish: pixie mood; a pixie sense of humor.

Origin of pixie

1
First recorded in 1620–30; originally dialect (southwestern England) pixy, pigsy, pisky; origin uncertain
  • Also pix·y .

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British Dictionary definitions for pixie

pixie

pixy

/ (ˈpɪksɪ) /


nounplural pixies
  1. (in folklore) a fairy or elf

Origin of pixie

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C17: of obscure origin

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