pixy

pix·ie or pix·y  (pks)

n. pl. pix·ies

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

adj.

Playfully mischievous.

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[Origin unknown.]

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pixy·ish adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pixy - creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas Pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie, pixie genus Pyxidanthera, Pyxidanthera - one species: pyxie; the eastern United States bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	pixy - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, hob, brownie folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture faerie, faery, fairy, 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

Translations

pixy

n pixy [ˈpiksi]

a kind of fairy. kabouter جِنّي، جِنِّيَّه фея skřítek alf; nisse die Fee αερικό, νεράιδα duendecito fee پری؛ جن keiju lutin, fée שֶׁדוֹנֵת परी, अप्सरा vilenjak tündér peri smáálfur fata, folletto 小妖精 (작은) 요정(妖精) elfas, laumė elfs; laumiņa pari-pari fee nisse chochlik duende zână фея škriatok škrat, vila vilenjak tomtenisse ภูตฝรั่ง (küçük bir) peri, cin 小鬼，小妖精 фея ايک قسم کي پري nàng tiên 小鬼，小妖精