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also pixy
as in wicked
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
resorted to some pixie high jinks to liven up the office party
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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
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
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Additionally, her new pixie cut has been a refreshing look for the Abbott Elementary actress.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024
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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
Ryder’s wide-eyed gaze gets overused, but that pixie cut really did open up her face.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Additionally, her new pixie cut has been a refreshing look for the Abbott Elementary actress.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pixie
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Fitting with the film’s wicked tone, what ends up bringing Santa back to himself in Violent Night is, well, violence.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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There is so much of the city that has given over to the wicked history of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.Shannon Carlin, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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The mission was challenging, and these mischievous little models followed their own dance.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Ferris Bueller is fun, mischievous, an expert on shortcuts.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Santa’s elves are the ones who more closely resemble humans in Rare Exports.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Big Brother can stuff those elf costumes into storage for the foreseeable future.Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Eisner was a quirky Detroit character with an impish sense of humor.Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
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Janice is wonderful and talented and funny and sparkly and mischievous and impish in all the right ways.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Los Angeles Haunted Hayride — the sprawling attraction that packs a spooky patch of Griffith Park with ghouls, goblins and eerie attractions — has never closed for a private party.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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Creepy Crawly Halloween Two- and four-legged little ghouls, goblins and superheroes will descend on downtown Campbell on Oct. 27 for some scary good fun and trick-or-treating.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
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Some kind of elvish concoction that’s far more satisfying than any drink mere humans could concoct?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
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One of the earliest acts of elvish history, the Kinslaying, involved one group of elves slaughtering another.Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
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Liberal democratic states make citizens; the artificial state makes trolls.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Powerful troll kings, Suliskongen and Vågakallen were among them, but both leaders struggled to control their young.David Nikel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Beautiful, playful, discerning, and endlessly curious, cats are wonderful companions.Simon Hill, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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This is a fun, cheeky response that’s both self-assured and playful.Angela Haupt, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Pixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixie. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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