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pixieish

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pix⋅ie

  [pik-see]
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–noun
1. a fairy or sprite, esp. a mischievous one.
2. a small, pert, or mischievous person.
–adjective
3. Also, pix⋅ie⋅ish, pix⋅y⋅ish. playfully impish or mischievous; prankish: pixie mood; a pixie sense of humor.
Origin:
1620–30; orig. dial. (SW England) pixy, pigsy, pisky; orig. uncert.
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Word Origin & History

pixie 
c.1630, perhaps from Swed. dialect pyske "small fairy," but West County origin suggests ultimate source in Cornwall and thus something Celtic. Earliest references were in pixy-path "bewilderment," lit. "path on which one is led astray by pixies," and pixie-led "lost."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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