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pixie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pixie has 2 senses
- pixie(n = noun.person) brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixy - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous; Array is a kind of faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite
- pixie(n = noun.plant) pixy, pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie - creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas; Array is a member of genus pyxidanthera, pyxidanthera
has particulars: leprechaun, sandman
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
pixie, n. [For Pucksy, from Puck.].
- An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [1913 Webster]
- A low creeping evergreen plant (
Pyxidanthera barbulata ), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pixie, n. (also pixy) (pl. -ies) a being like a fairy; an elf.
Idiom
pixie hat (or hood) a child's hat with a pointed crown.
Etymology
17th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
pixie
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob, Hobgoblin, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, antic, bad boy, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, booger, brownie, buffoon, bugger, cluricaune, coltish, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, dwarf, elf, elvish, enfant terrible, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay, funmaker, gamesome, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, impish, joker, jokester, knave, kobold, leprechaun, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, ouphe, peri, pixieish, pixilated, poltergeist, pooka, practical joker, prankish, prankster, puca, puck, puckish, pwca, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, slyboots, sprite, sylph, sylphid, tokoloshe, wag, young devil
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