pixie
Meaning
- A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
- (slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.
- 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.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of pixie cut.
Synonyms
Translations
folletto
lutin
Elfe
duende
hada
gnomFrequency
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.
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