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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
2: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun also pixy (plural pixies) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1630 1. fairy; specifically a cheerful mischievous sprite 2. a usually petite vivacious woman or girl • pixieish adjective II. adjective also pixy Date: 1943 playfully mischievous • pixiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also pixy) (pl. -ies) a being like a fairy; an elf. Phrases and idioms: pixie hat (or hood) a child's hat with a pointed crown. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pixy Pix"y, Pixie Pix"ie, n.; pl. Pixies. [For Pucksy, from Puck.] 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.] 2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring. Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.] Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pixies) A pixie is an imaginary little creature like a fairy. Pixies have pointed ears and wear pointed hats. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also pixy) Fairy, elf, sprite, fay, pigwidgin.

Moby Thesaurus

Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob, Hobgoblin, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, antic, bad boy, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, booger, brownie, buffoon, bugger, cluricaune, coltish, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, dwarf, elf, elvish, enfant terrible, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay, funmaker, gamesome, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, impish, joker, jokester, knave, kobold, leprechaun, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, ouphe, peri, pixieish, pixilated, poltergeist, pooka, practical joker, prankish, prankster, puca, puck, puckish, pwca, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, slyboots, sprite, sylph, sylphid, tokoloshe, wag, young devil