Synonyms for pixie
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pik-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪk si |
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Définition of pixie
Origin :- c.1630, of obscure origin, perhaps from or relatred to Swedish dialect pyske "small fairy," but West County origin suggests ultimate source in Cornwall and thus something Celtic. Earliest references were in pixy-path "bewilderment," literally "path on which one is led astray by pixies," and pixie-led "lost."
- noun fairy
- I'd rather be on Pixie at home; I could always make him go when I tickled his ears.
- Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil
- You'll be saddled with your pixie girl for the rest of the tour.
- Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
- Pixie warmed to the theme with the zest of a skilled raconteur.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- Pixie looked at her sister, just once, and then averted her eyes.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- If Pixie is over twenty we have not been treating her fairly.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- Pixie had done her best to help, and now sunshine and Stanor were waiting!
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- As she met their gaze Pixie drew a quick, gasping breath of surprise.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- And now here was Pixie, with this preposterous, ridiculous tale!
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- It was Pixie herself who finally forced him to dispatch the news.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- Pixie was indeed, as the family had it, “the soft-heartedest creature!”
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
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