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pixie

pi·xie

US/ˈpɪksi/ uncommon informal slang

noun

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2.

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

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Origin

Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of dialectal Swedish pysk (“fairy”), though the transmission of a Swedish dialect term to southwest Britain is unexplained; perhaps Puck (“Robin Goodfellow”) + -sy; see Wikipedia.

Phrases

  • manic pixie dream girl
  • pixie boot
  • pixie cup
  • pixie cut
  • pixie dust
  • pixie hawkfish
  • pixie moss
  • pixie ring

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