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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
Marissa Muller, WWD, 4 Jan. 2025
At the 2002 ceremony, Berry rocked her then-signature pixie cut, and wore smaller gold earrings.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 25 Dec. 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
Rinna paired the bridal look, which also features fingerless opera gloves, with matching pointed-toe heels and a blonde shaggy pixie cut.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 4 Jan. 2025
At the 2002 ceremony, Berry rocked her then-signature pixie cut, and wore smaller gold earrings.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pixie
Adjective
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Like what odd specificity made that person's laugh and made that wicked part of their sense of humor shine or pissed you off like nobody else?—
Rachel Martin,
NPR,
12 Jan. 2025
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Neighbor-bully-jerkface Trey takes the bolt cutters to the tunnel’s electrical whatchamacallits, which causes a minor explosion and opens up that wicked grate that got Matty in ’94.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Her mischievous blue eyes and sparkle are remembered with fondness.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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There was a brief flurry of excitement this week when Coritiba, a club in the Brazilian second division, announced that Neymar would be signing for them, but that turned out to be the result of some mischievous scamps who hacked their website.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Arrietty Next in is Arrietty, who does elf drag by whitening the triangle between her eyebrows to the extreme.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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The third elf does the same, taking half of 8—4—and adding 3.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Enter the impish, shaggy-haired son of an Austrian police officer.—
Danielle Friedman,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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So Link’s Awakening is a careful balance of impish humor and light danger — much like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, which inspired the game (and its dreamworld owls).—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2024
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So as ghosts and goblins roam the streets this Halloween season, remember that market fears, like shadows in the night, are often more frightening in our imagination than in reality.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2024
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The event, at the Denver Savoy, will also feature a custom mini-labyrinth and a goblin band in addition to The Whimsy of Things.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Another trail leads to an elvish waterfall cascading down a wall of ferns and flowers.—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
1 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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Wiener’s office cited the case of a transgender woman in Stanislaus County who successfully sued to have her court records made private after she was forcibly outed on social media and at work by anonymous internet trolls , as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Jan. 2025
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In a series of Instagram Stories posted on Thursday, Jan. 9, the country star, 28, clapped back at trolls for coming after his friends online.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Photo: Nadav Kander for New York Magazine What Chained for Life did through its playful deconstruction of exploitation movies, A Different Man does in more structural ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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Demure and Mindful At Liam's Den & Bubble Bar inside the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Resort inside the Palazzo Tower in Las Vegas, this cocktail is light, playful, and sweet with just the right level of tang — much like romance.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Pixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixie. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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