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Is it pixelated or pixilated?
Pixelated is used to describe digital images in which individual pixels are discernable, as when you look closely at a large photo and can see the tiny dots that make up the image. Pixilated (coined from pixie, a pixie being a cheerful, mischievous sprite) is usually used to describe things considered whimsical, or people who seem dazed or lost in thought. While pixelated is a late 20th century coinage, pixilated has been in use since the mid-19th century.
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Examples of pixie in a Sentence
Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Ferrell’s aesthetic, like her music, is a singular blend that joins past with present: 19th century carnival-core, art nouveau huntress, cosmic cowgirl, anime pixie and futuristic Las Vegas showgirl.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Colorful characters such as fairies, elves, pixies and the whimsical Japanese raccoon dog have evolved to explain the secretive and magical realm where mushrooms are found.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
Many hairstylists still reference her iconic bold red pixie when creating new-gen styles.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2024
The The Idea of You star transformed herself into a sleek seductress with a faux pompadour pixie hairstyle and deep, dark vampy lipstick and eye shadow to match.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Mar. 2024
Glasses that could turn Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge into a hub of spaceship activity, or flip Main Street, U.S.A. into a physical game board where Tinker Bell spreads pixie dust?
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Lori Harvey tried something new with a blonde pixie cut wig and eyebrows to match.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 18 Mar. 2024
The 80 for Brady star also debuted a black shaggy pixie cut!
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
The cute little 4-year-old boldly shouted when someone asked her where pixie dust comes from.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
Atop the pile, Tinker Bell sat waving, like a pixie Jackie Onassis.
—Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
For all its sprinklings of pixie dust — a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries — the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2022
Revel, a kombucha brewery and tasting room, will release a pixie tangerine kombucha.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
Maurice is a genially bearish man, with curly brown hair, who looks like a brainier John Laroquette; Katia, with short hair and glasses and a vivacious grin, suggests a pixie version of Terry Gross.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
Goofy costumes, silly songs, colorful sets and a sprinkling of pixie dust never hurt anyone, and the ABC reality series has gone overboard this year with not just one, but two, Disney Nights.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2021
Again a roof will greatly cut down the natural air circulation and ventilation, assuming that the roof is made out of solid material and not pixie dust.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
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“Pixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pixie. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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