pixilated

[pik-suh-ley-tid] Origin

pix·i·lat·ed

[pik-suh-ley-tid]
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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Pixilated is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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pix·el·ate

[pik-suh-leyt] verb, pix·el·at·ed, pix·el·at·ing.
verb (used with object),
1.
in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
2.
to blur (parts of a digital image) by creating unclear, pixel-like patches, for purposes of censorship or to maintain the anonymity of the subject: Police have asked the media to pixelate the faces of the men who were taken into custody.
verb (used without object)
3.
(of a computer graphic or other digital image) to break up into visible pixels: We tried to watch the old, scratched DVD, but the image pixelated before our eyes.
Also, especially British, pix·el·late.
Sometimes, pix·i·late.


Origin:
pixel + -ate1

pix·el·a·tion, pix·el·i·za·tion [pik-suh-luh-zey-shuhn] especially British, pix·el·la·tion, noun
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pixilated or pixillated (ˈpɪksɪˌleɪtɪd)
 
adj
1.  eccentric or whimsical
2.  slang drunk
 
[C20: from pixie + -lated, as in stimulated, titillated, etc]
 
pixillated or pixillated
 
adj
 
[C20: from pixie + -lated, as in stimulated, titillated, etc]
 
pixi'lation or pixillated
 
n
 
pixil'lation or pixillated
 
n

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Main Entry:  pixilated2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  See pixelated
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Word Origin & History

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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Slang Dictionary

pixilated definition


and pixolated
  1. mod.
    bewildered. : That little old lady is pixilated.
  2. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated; tipsy. : She seems a bit pixolated. She's probably been drinking.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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