Associations to the word «Pixie»

Wiktionary

PIXIE, noun. (mythology) (fantasy literature) (fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
PIXIE, noun. (slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.
PIXIE, noun. (astronomy) (meteorology) An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
PIXIE, proper noun. A female nickname, also used as a formal given name.
PIXIE, proper noun. Air Niugini
PIXIE CUT, noun. A women's hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top.
PIXIE DUST, noun. (fantasy) Magical dust associated with pixies; fairy dust
PIXIE DUST, noun. Any undefined means of working magic, in a metaphorical sense.
PIXIE MOSS, noun. Pyxidanthera barbulata, a low subshrub (not a true moss) producing a mat on the ground.

Dictionary definition

PIXIE, noun. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
PIXIE, noun. Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.

Wise words

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