[syn: pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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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.
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Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pixie
n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
2: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "pixie":
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob,
Hobgoblin, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, antic, bad boy, bad fairy,
bad peri, banshee, booger, brownie, buffoon, bugger, cluricaune,
coltish, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, dwarf, elf,
elvish, enfant terrible, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay,
funmaker, gamesome, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, hood, hoodlum,
hooligan, imp, impish, joker, jokester, knave, kobold, leprechaun,
little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief,
mischief-maker, ouphe, peri, pixieish, pixilated, poltergeist,
pooka, practical joker, prankish, prankster, puca, puck, puckish,
pwca, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp,
scapegrace, slyboots, sprite, sylph, sylphid, tokoloshe, wag,
young devil