pixie dustn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪksɪ dʌst/, U.S.

/ˈpɪksi ˌdəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pixie n., dust n.¹

Etymology: < pixie n. + dust n.¹

Originally and chiefly U.S.

An imaginary magical substance used by pixies. Hence: a (hypothetical) thing considered special or extremely effective; magic. Also occasionally: something ephemeral or insubstantial.The song in quot. 1951 was featured in the 1953 Walt Disney animated film adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and pixie dust is often later associated with either Peter Pan or Disney or both. Cf. fairy dust n. at fairy n. and adj. Compounds 2.

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]

wielingeOE

wielOE

craftOE

witchcraftOE

witchdomOE

telingc1230

demerlaykc1275

dweomercraeftc1275

sorcerya1300

magicc1387

maleficec1390

jugglerya1400

precination1503

witchery1546

maleficiousness1547

prestigiation?c1550

wizardry1583

magie1592

dark art1613

prestigion1635

conjurement1645

magomancy1652

wizardism1682

thaumaturgy1727

warlockry1818

witchwork1827

brujería1838

wizardship1882

trolldom1891

mojo1923

pixie dust1951

witchering1956

old religion1964

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > magical object > other types of

slop1303

wonder-horn1864

pixie dust1951

1951 S. Cahn You can fly! You can fly! You can Fly! (song) 3 All it takes is faith and trust But the thing that's a positive must Is a little bit of pixie dust.

1955 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 9 Mar. 18/2 Peter Pan came right up to me and threw some pixie dust on my leg.

1972 Times 14 Oct. 16/8 The pixie dust gets in your blood and you just can't leave the Magic Kingdom.

1989 Bakery Production & Marketing (Nexis) 24 June 34 Herman held up a bag of what he nicknamed ‘pixie dust’. The bag contained oat bran. ‘Anything with oat bran in it or on it sells’, he said.

1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. (insert) 24–5 A major crown project..became so much pixie dust the following October.

2001 High Country News 23 Apr. 11/2 Flame is not some kind of ecological pixie dust that, sprinkled over land, can make the bad and ugly into the good and beautiful.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pixie dust
释义	pixie dustn. Brit. /ˈpɪksɪ dʌst/, U.S. /ˈpɪksi ˌdəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pixie n., dust n.¹ Etymology: < pixie n. + dust n.¹ Originally and chiefly U.S. An imaginary magical substance used by pixies. Hence: a (hypothetical) thing considered special or extremely effective; magic. Also occasionally: something ephemeral or insubstantial.The song in quot. 1951 was featured in the 1953 Walt Disney animated film adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and pixie dust is often later associated with either Peter Pan or Disney or both. Cf. fairy dust n. at fairy n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] wielingeOE wielOE craftOE witchcraftOE witchdomOE telingc1230 demerlaykc1275 dweomercraeftc1275 sorcerya1300 magicc1387 maleficec1390 jugglerya1400 precination1503 witchery1546 maleficiousness1547 prestigiation?c1550 wizardry1583 magie1592 dark art1613 prestigion1635 conjurement1645 magomancy1652 wizardism1682 thaumaturgy1727 warlockry1818 witchwork1827 brujería1838 wizardship1882 trolldom1891 mojo1923 pixie dust1951 witchering1956 old religion1964 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > magical object > other types of slop1303 wonder-horn1864 pixie dust1951 1951 S. Cahn You can fly! You can fly! You can Fly! (song) 3 All it takes is faith and trust But the thing that's a positive must Is a little bit of pixie dust. 1955 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 9 Mar. 18/2 Peter Pan came right up to me and threw some pixie dust on my leg. 1972 Times 14 Oct. 16/8 The pixie dust gets in your blood and you just can't leave the Magic Kingdom. 1989 Bakery Production & Marketing (Nexis) 24 June 34 Herman held up a bag of what he nicknamed ‘pixie dust’. The bag contained oat bran. ‘Anything with oat bran in it or on it sells’, he said. 1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. (insert) 24–5 A major crown project..became so much pixie dust the following October. 2001 High Country News 23 Apr. 11/2 Flame is not some kind of ecological pixie dust that, sprinkled over land, can make the bad and ugly into the good and beautiful. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1951
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