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Definition of pixilated - 4 dictionary results

pix⋅i⋅lat⋅ed

  [pik-suh-ley-tid]
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–adjective
1. slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.
2. amusingly whimsical, prankish, silly, or the like.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; pix(ie) + (tit)illated
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pix·i·lat·ed or pix·il·lat·ed   (pĭk'sə-lā'tĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Behaving as if mentally unbalanced; very eccentric.
  2. Whimsical; prankish.
  3. Slang Intoxicated; drunk.

[From pixie.]
pix'i·la'tion n.
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Main Entry:  pixilated2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  See pixelated
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pixilated 
"mildly insane, bewildered, tipsy," 1848, from pixie (q.v.) + -lated, as in titillated, etc., perhaps influenced by or a variant of pixie-led. A New England dialect word popularized by 1936 by movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
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