PIXIE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pixie mean?

• PIXIE (noun)
The noun PIXIE has 2 senses:

1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

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

Familiarity information: PIXIE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PIXIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

brownie; elf; gremlin; hob; imp; pixie; pixy

Hypernyms ("pixie" is a kind of...):

faerie; faery; fairy; fay; sprite (a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pixie"):

leprechaun (a mischievous elf in Irish folklore)

sandman (an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pixie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata; pyxie

Hypernyms ("pixie" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("pixie" is a member of...):

genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera (one species: pyxie; the eastern United States)

Context examples

This could be a magical moment filled with pixie dust, and one you won’t soon forget.