pixie

Meaning

1. A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
2. (slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.
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.
5. Short for pixie cut.

Synonyms

pixy

pyxie

gremlin

Pyxidanthera barbulata

elf

🧝

hob

fairy

🧚

fay

brownie

imp

👿

bugbear

goblin

gnome

sprite

troll

🧌

hobgoblin

Hyphenated as

pix‧ie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪksi/

Etymology

Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of Swedish pysk (“fairy”); perhaps Puck + -sy; see Wikipedia.