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piskie

piskie is the alternative form of pixie.

Meaning of pixie

Noun

pixie (plural pixies)

  1. (fairy tales) 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.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 119
    Synonyms:
    brownie, fair, gnome, imp, sprite
  2. (slang) 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.2006, Darnell Arnoult, Sufficient Grace, page 186
  3. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
  4. A butterfly of the genus Melanis.

See all 6 meanings of pixie

Noun capitalized: Piskie

Piskie (plural Piskies)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Piscy: Episcopalian.
    • One thing about the Piskies, they have different names for everything. For example, when Kathryn says “parish” she means “church.”2019 September 27, Sean Dietrich, “Episcopal”, in Sean of the South

Forms of piskie

pluralpiskies
pluralPiskies

Questions about piskie

What is piskie the alternative form of?
Piskie is the alternative form of pixie.
What part of speech is piskie?
Piskie is a noun.
What is the plural of piskie?
The plural of piskie is piskies.

Words near piskie in the dictionary

  1. Pisistratids
  2. Pisistratus
  3. piskash
  4. piskashes
  5. pisketti
  6. piskie
  7. piskies
  8. Piskiv
  9. Piskivka
  10. Piskivske
  11. Pisklova

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