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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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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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There are many questions left unanswered in Red One, but the most pressing has to be: Is the Rock playing an elf or not?Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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In 2023, Deschanel was Little Red Riding Hood and Scott was an elf.Liza Esquibias, People.com, 30 Oct. 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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Some of the spiciest laughs in Yellow Face come from the show’s gleeful parade of real names, all embodied in satirical snippets by Del Aguila and his equally impish ensemble mates Shannon Tyo and Marinda Anderson.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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Afraid of evil spirits, the Celts would light up bonfires by the hilltops, and wear masks to hide their identity from the ghosts; this is how this holiday began to be associated with figures such as witches and goblins.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The treats are on for hungry goblins as restaurants around central Indiana are offering Halloween specials today.Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 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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Partners should do their best to research something novel and playful that piques both of their interest.Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The highlight for me was watching and listening closely to Joan Robinson (Post-Keynesian diva) duking it out with Frank Hahn (Neoclassical divo), in playful but serious jabs and thrusts.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Pixie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixie. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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