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pix·ie

or pix·y (pĭk′sē)

n. pl. pix·ies

A fairylike or elfin creature, especially one that is mischievous; a playful sprite.

adj.

Playfully mischievous.

[Origin unknown.]

pix′y·ish adj.

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pixie

(ˈpɪksɪ) or

pixy

n, pl pixies

(European Myth & Legend) (in folklore) a fairy or elf

[C17: of obscure origin]

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pix•ie

or pix•y

(ˈpɪk si)

n., pl. pix•ies,
adj. n.

1. a fairy or sprite, esp. a mischievous one.

2. a playfully mischievous person.

adj.

3. Also, pix′ie•ish, pix′y•ish. playfully impish or mischievous; prankish.

[1620–30; orig. dial. (SW England) pixy, pigsy, pisky; orig. uncertain]

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Noun	1.	pixie - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous elf, gremlin, imp, pixy, hob, brownie folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture faerie, faery, fay, sprite - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers leprechaun - a mischievous elf in Irish folklore sandman - an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy
	2.	pixie - creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie genus Pyxidanthera, Pyxidanthera - one species: pyxie; the eastern United States bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

pixie

noun elf, fairy, brownie, sprite, peri the fairies, gnomes, elves and pixies of folklore

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Translations

Fee

fata fatina folletto

pixie

[ˈpɪksɪ]

A. N → duendecillo m

B. CPD pixie hat, pixie hood N → caperucita f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pixie

[ˈpɪksi] n → lutin mpixie hat pixie hood n → bonnet m pointu

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pixie

, pixy

n → Elf m, → Elfin f; pixie hat or hood → Rotkäppchenmütze f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pixie

[ˈpɪksɪ] n → folletto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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