'Pixie' definitions:
Definition of 'pixie'
From: WordNet
noun
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
noun
Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata]
Definition of 'Pixie'
From: GCIDE
- Pixy \Pix"y\, Pixie \Pix"ie\, n.; pl. Pixies. [For Pucksy, from Puck.]
- 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant ({Pyxidanthera barbulata}), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring. [1913 Webster]
- Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pixie'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antic,
- Ariel,
- bad boy,
- bad fairy,
- bad peri,
- banshee,
- Befind,
- booger,
- brownie,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- cluricaune,
- coltish,
- Corrigan,
- cutup,
- devil,
- deviling,
- devilkin,
- diablotin,
- Dingbelle,
- dwarf,
- elf,
- elvish,
- enfant terrible,
- erlking,
- fairy,
- fairy queen,
- fay,
- Fifinella,
- Finnbeara,
- funmaker,
- gamesome,
- gnome,
- goblin,
- gremlin,
- Hob,
- hob,
- Hobgoblin,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- imp,
- impish,
- joker,
- jokester,
- knave,
- kobold,
- leprechaun,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- Mab,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- Oberon,
- ouphe,
- peri,
- pixieish,
- pixilated,
- poltergeist,
- pooka,
- practical joker,
- prankish,
- prankster,
- puca,
- Puck,
- puck,
- puckish,
- pwca,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- rogue,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- scalawag,
- scamp,
- scapegrace,
- slyboots,
- sprite,
- sylph,
- sylphid,
- Titania,
- tokoloshe,
- wag,
- young devil