pixie
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pixie¹
- /ˈpɪksi/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɪksi
Where it comes from
Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of dialectal Swedish pysk (“fairy”), though the transmission of a Swedish dialect term to southwest Britain is unexplained; perhaps Puck (“Robin Goodfellow”) + -sy; see Wikipedia.
noun pixies · pigsie · piskie · pisky · pixy
- A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. The writer in the Quarterly Review, vol xxii., gives a long list of words which he regards as connected with Puck: the editor of Warton adds German Spuk and Danish Spoge and Spogelse: we will contribute the Scottish Pauky, and the Devonshire Pixies, or Fairies.
- A cute, petite woman with short hair. Then a pixie appears in the visitor window, round face, big brown eyes framed in thick liner, a tiny turned-up nose, red lips, inch-long blue-black hair so popular with the avant-garde.
- An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
- A butterfly of the genus Melanis.
- Ellipsis of pixie cut “Have you thought about a haircut? A pixie or a bob?”
Pixie²
Where it comes from
From pixie.
proper noun
- A female nickname, also used as a formal given name.
Pixie³
Where it comes from
From its IATA code of PX.
proper noun
- Air Niugini
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: elf, pixy, gremlin, hob, imp, brownie, pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie, sprite, magic, magical, quadrant, valley, pixey, piskie, picksy
Translations
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noun playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature
| Español | duende |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 픽시 piksi |
| 日本語 | ピクシー pikushī |
| 中文 | 精靈 /精灵 jīnglíng |
| हिन्दी | पिक्सी piksī |
| Português | duende |
| Français | lutin, pixie |
| Deutsch | Kobold |
| Italiano | folletto |
| Ελληνικά | ξωτικό xotikó, αερικό aerikó |
| Română | spiriduș, zână |
| Русский | пи́кси píksi, фе́я féja, эльф elʹf |
| العربية | بِيكْسِي bīksī |
Talk about this word "pixie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pixie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pixie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pixie "pixie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pixie.Cite this
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title = {pixie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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