as in mischievous
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
the actress had a pixieish quality that served her well in screwball comedies
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Within your 3rd House of Local Community, mischievous Mercury combines with dark Pluto, turning conversations into truth-seeking moments that clarify trust and tighten details.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026 -
In House of the Dragon’s season 2 premiere, Aegon II brought him to a meeting where Jaehaerys II was mischievous and bored.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Jonathan Lekkerimäki’s next step Lekkerimäki electrified the Rogers Arena crowd on Saturday night with a wicked catch-and-release goal from the high slot to open the scoring against Toronto.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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As Traitors host and executive producer, Cumming is diabolical, but there’s no sleep for the wicked.—
Jonathan Borge,
InStyle,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Think pét-nat’s playful fizz, fancy kombucha in a wine bottle, zero-proof sparklers, including Elton John’s new bubbly.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Bags This playful, socially minded brand from Spain was created four years ago by Paloma Hernández Tamame, and creates colorful, customizable handbags with decor using children’s construction blocks.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their illustrations glowed on the asphalt; the chalk may as well have been pixie dust.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
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But in a new post added to Instagram, Mayim decided to make a more dramatic and permanent switch to her hairstyle by chopping it off into a semi-pixie cut.—
Adrianna Freedman,
Good Housekeeping,
30 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Hobert’s writing is puckish, often delivered in a half-speaking, half-singing register that emphasizes her words above melody.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Returned now to his old stomping ground, with his broken dove girlfriend Helen and his sweet natured pal Rudy in-tow, the puckish Francis wanders the desolate city streets trailed by visions of the dead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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However, while trying to confront grief with a sense of mischief, the movie’s impish tonal approach takes the sting out of death a little too often, rendering its catharsis null.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.—
Ara H. Merjian,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Newsom has capably sensed what Democrats want right now, and is delivering it with a roguish charisma.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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He's egged on by owner Jonathan Yu—the outward opposite to the roguish tattooed chef and the game-for-anything, sly devil on his shoulder who hides a mischievous heart behind elegant suits.—
Su-Jit Lin,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Pixieish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixieish. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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