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variants also pixy

pixie

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noun

variants also pixy
as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers leave a dish of milk and some bread out for the pixies

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Recent Examples of pixie
Adjective
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
Noun
The former paired her lip with a pixie cut and champagne shadow, while the latter went with blue eyeliner and braids to match her party girl era. Essence, 21 July 2025 Her complexion, like her pixie cut, was clean, embellished with touches of pink blush and highlighter. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pixie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pixie
Adjective
  • Similarly, a text grappling with a wicked problem shouldn’t stay limited by the narrow confines of literary genre, instead blending journalism, memoir, fiction, and narrative nonfiction.
    Melody Glenn July 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
  • Stinging and 'wicked' Asian needle ants are spreading across the US Are invasive tawny crazy ants in Ohio?
    Kim Luciani, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Fargo has an absurdist streak a mile wide and a sense of cosmic comeuppance that suggests the strings are being pulled by a mischievous trickster-god with a mean streak.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The cat's clumsy adventure quickly charmed viewers who recognized the mischievous nature of felines.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Thor: The Dark World' (2013) Chris Hemsworth’s thunder god has a sequel that’s a blender of familiar fantasy tropes as Thor and love interest Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) have to deal with a dark elf with an Infinity Stone.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • In contrast, Tolkien imagined elves as elegant and refined, while humans had the capacity to be as barbaric as orcs, or as noble as elves.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Despite Igor's impish antics, his Facebook posts and TODAY appearance have generated considerable interest from potential adoptive parents.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • The others were Dan Lucas, the guitarist, from York, and Taylor Stewart, the drummer, from outside Glasgow—the group’s impish prankster, who has a penchant for choking his mates and kicking them in the balls.
    Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Monster cats, women with ravenous mouths in the back of their heads, mountain goblins, mermaids with carp bodies, foxes that transform into samurai messengers—the list goes on.
    Katherine Larson July 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
  • In fact, Bolg is the name of a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Its revenue more than doubled in 2024 to 13.04 billion yuan ($1.81 billion), thanks in part to its elvish monster.
    Michelle Chapman, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
  • Maeglin was corrupted by his forbidden desire for King Turgon’s daughter, Idril, who also happened to be his first cousin—a big taboo in elvish culture.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Trump administration’s social media presence has been a consistent stream of meme and troll postings throughout the year.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 July 2025
  • Pop’s most dedicated troll, Doja Cat, has officially chimed in on the extremely online uproar over Sydney Sweeney’s new jeans campaign for American Eagle.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
Adjective
  • Both players enjoyed some playful banter during the game.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2025
  • Many designs incorporate bold color accents, vibrant greens, reds, yellows, and blues by adding a playful contrast to the metals.
    Essence, Essence, 29 July 2025

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“Pixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixie. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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