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pixie

Syllables: pix·ieUK/ˈpɪksi/

pixie noun: a playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. Also the ellipsis of pixie cut.

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
    • Then she saw pixies — dozens and dozens of pixies — dancing and singing.2005, Dan Keding, “The Pixies’ Bed”, in Dan Keding, Amy Douglas, editors, English Folktales, page 98
    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
    • Petite and narrow-waisted, with a pixie flip of hair the exact color of coffee beans, Abigail could easily pass for sixteen in a pair of ripped jeans and an Abercrombie T-shirt.2009, Nicole Baart, The Moment Between, page 1
  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.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Pixie

Pixie

  1. A female nickname, also used as a formal given name.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pixie

Pixie

  1. (informal) Air Niugini

Also used as

pixie is also the ellipsis of pixie cut.

pixie meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

pixie in Hindi

playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature
पिक्सी piksī

pixie in Tamil

பிக்ஸி, பிக்சி

pixie in Marathi

playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature
पिक्सी piksī

pixie in Urdu

پکسی
More languagesFewer languages
pixie in Bengali
পিক্সি
pixie in Telugu
పిక్సీ, పిక్సి
pixie in Malayalam
പിക്സി, പിക്സീ, പിക്സ്സി
pixie in Kannada
ಪಿಕ್ಸಿ, ಪಿಕ್ಸೀ
pixie in Punjabi
ਪਿਕਸੀ, ਪਿੱਕਸੀ
pixie in Gujarati
પિક્સી, પીક્સી
pixie in Odia
ପିକ୍ସି, ପିକ୍ସୀ
pixie in Nepali
पिक्सी
pixie in Arabic
بِيكْسِي bīksī

Examples of pixie in a sentence

  • When she looked around, Mary saw four pixies flying toward her.2005, Kathryn Reyes, Mystery Door Manor and the Dragon Realm, page 72:
  • The servant that had raised him, an elderly pixie called Rolog, had died.2007, Jeremy Phillips, The Wizardon Star, page 165:
  • Like magic, Carla transformed from the dainty pixie into a hardcore, no-nonsense businesswoman right before his eyes.2011, L. E. Newell, Durty South Grind, page 138:

All 20 example sentences with pixie

Synonyms of pixie

All synonyms of pixie

Forms of pixie

pluralpixies
alternative formpigsie
alternative formpiskie
alternative formpisky
alternative formpixy

Plural of pixie: pixies

Origin of pixie

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.

From pixie.

From its IATA code of PX.

Words formed from pixie

Phrases with pixie

Words that rhyme with pixie

Questions about pixie

What does pixie mean?
Pixie means a playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
What is pixie in Hindi?
Pixie in Hindi is पिक्सी (piksī). See Pixie meaning in Hindi.
How do you use pixie in a sentence?
When she looked around, Mary saw four pixies flying toward her.
What part of speech is pixie?
Pixie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pixie?
Pixie is pronounced /ˈpɪksi/ (UK).
What is the plural of pixie?
The plural of pixie is pixies.

Words near pixie in the dictionary

  1. pixely
  2. pixes
  3. pixey
  4. pixeys
  5. Pixian
  6. pixie
  7. pixie boot
  8. pixie boots
  9. pixie cup
  10. pixie cups
  11. pixie cut

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pixie (page history and authors); Pixie (page history and authors); pixie (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pixie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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