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Pixie Common

Pixie has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

"The children laughed as the pixie tied their shoelaces together just to see them trip on the way home."

2

creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

"The hikers stumbled over a patch of delicate pixies blooming bright white along the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens."

3

A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.

"The little pixie zipped through the garden, leaving a trail of glittering dust in her wake."

Proper Noun
1

A female nickname, also used as a formal given name.

"The flight attendant wore a vibrant green pixie uniform as she welcomed passengers aboard Air Niugini's new domestic route."

2

Air Niugini

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fairy shrub
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
leprechaun sandman
Rhyming Words
xie fixie pyxie toxie roxie moxie hoxie foxie doxie coxie nixie mixie dixie bixie lexie waxie maxie prexie trixie alexie
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