pyxie
pyxie is the archaic form of pixie.
Meaning of pixie
Noun
pixie (plural pixies)
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Noun
pyxie (plural pyxies)
- A small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, native to the eastern United States, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss.
- Here the earth was strangely carpeted. Spagnum, beautiful by reason of rich color; gray-green moss; and the object of our long tramp--pyxie. No botany does it justice, passing it by with the mere mention of its barbarous name, Pyxidanthera barbulata. It might be thought the meanest of all weeds...1892 May 7, Charles C. Abbott, “A Hunt for the Pyxie”, in Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, editors, The Christian Union, page 885
- Both the pyxie and the trailing arbutus commence to bloom in March. Although they are so small and dainty, they are classified botanically as shrubs! Pyxie is moss-like in appearance, and hence is sometimes called "flowering moss."1905, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas, page 462
Forms of pyxie
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Origin of pyxie
See pixie.
Shortening of taxonomic name Pyxidanthera.
Questions about pyxie
- What does pyxie mean?
- Pyxie means a small, flowering plant of the genus Pyxidanthera, native to the eastern United States, now typically known as pyxiemoss or pixie moss.
- What is pyxie the archaic form of?
- Pyxie is the archaic form of pixie.
- What part of speech is pyxie?
- Pyxie is a noun.
- What is the plural of pyxie?
- The plural of pyxie is pyxies.
Words near pyxie in the dictionary
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