pixie
/ˈpɪksi
/noun (plural pixies)
1 (also pixy) A supernatural being in folklore and children’s stories, typically portrayed as small and human-like in form, with pointed ears and a pointed hat.It's very clever for a story that's set in a parallel dimension inhabited by elves, pixies, unicorns and griffins!...
- In folklore, pixies play cheeky tricks on humans; they are annoying perhaps, but ultimately harmless.
- I'm a lot more interested in the time tree model where we are just a single growing and evolving organism, with no dependency on aliens or magic pixies turning up further down the line with sweets if we do well for ourselves.
Synonyms
elf, fairy, sprite, imp, brownie, puck, leprechaun, hobgoblin, peri
literary faerie, fay
rare nix, nixie, elfin, hob
2 short for pixie cut. do you think she should grow out her hair or keep her pixie?...
- Short, sideswept bangs look amazing with a pixie.
- I planned on chopping off my just-past-shoulder-length hair to a pixie.
- Although she appears to have a messy chopped pixie, her hair is actually very carefully cut and precisely sculpted.
Derivatives
pixieish
- She was very cute, with an almost pixyish face and a mischievous smile evident even while she slept.
- Her slight frame and elfin appearance suggested a coy, pixieish quality but her work revealed wit and tough-minded resourcefulness.
- Short and stocky, a shopworn wool sweater carelessly worn backwards on occasion, Bob displayed an almost pixyish quality that was only enhanced by his lilting, Gaelic turn of phrase and charming absent-mindedness.
Origin
Mid 17th century: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- production relations
- production rule
- production run
- production-sharing
- production-test
- production-tested
- production testing
- production value
- production well
- productise
- productive
- productively
- productiveness
- productivism
- productivist
- productivity
- productization
- methanogenic
- methanoic acid
- methanol
- methanolic
- methanolysis
- methanometer
- methanotroph
- methanotrophic