pixie

pronunciation

How to pronounce pixie in British English: UK [ˈpɪksi]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
    creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

Word Origin

pixie (n.)
c. 1630, of obscure origin, perhaps from or related to Swedish dialect pyske "small fairy," but West County origin suggests ultimate source in Cornwall and thus something Celtic. Earliest references were in pixy-path "bewilderment," literally "path on which one is led astray by pixies," and pixie-led "lost."

Example

1. A cornish pixie , what is that ?
2. Not a midget or pixie , he believes .
3. You two , pixie and dixie , how do you fit into all this ?

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