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pixien. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puck n.1, -sy suffix2. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < puck n.1 + -sy suffix2. Eng. Dial. Dict. at Pixy records use overwhelmingly from south-western England, which accords well with early use of the word. Used by Scott in The Pirate in a Shetland context (see quot. 1821 at sense 1), whence inserted by Jamieson in Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (1825), which is followed by later glossaries, but evidence of the word in use in Shetland is entirely wanting. Any connection therefore seems unlikely with Shetland Scots pisk small thing or creature, naughty child, frequently as a term of endearment (probably < the unattested Norn cognate of Norwegian pjusk small insignificant person, frequently as a term of endearment, ‘poor dear, darling’, Swedish regional pysk, pyske, pöske small goblin (1620), of uncertain origin). the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > pixie 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 111v I shall be ready at thine elbow to plaie the parte of Hobgoblin or Collepixie. a1636 T. Westcote (1845) 433 I shall..be thought to lead you in a pixy-path by telling an old tale. 1659 C. Clobery 73 Blind-zeal-sick soul! in Charity i'll judge Thee pixie-led in Popish piety. 1746 (ed. 3) i. 8 Tell me o' tha Rex-bush, ya teeheing Pixy. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Songs of Pixies i, in 18 Whom the untaught Shepherds call Pixies in their madrigal, Fancy's children, here we dwell. 1821 W. Scott II. x. 246 If a Pixie, seek thy ring,—If a Nixie, seek thy spring. 1832 A. E. Bray Let. in (1836) I. x. 172 The pixies are certainly a distinct race from the fairies,..[they] will invariably tell you (if you ask them what pixies really may be) that these native spirits are the souls of infants, who were so unhappy as to die before they had received the Christian rite of baptism. 1891 ‘Q’ 175 In this corner of the land where (they say) the piskies still keep. 1920 D. H. Lawrence xxx. 522 When..he pitched both her and him out into the snow, he only waited for them both to pick themselves up..to be laughing and pert as a pixie. 1992 10 Aug. 21 After studying Montgomery's journals, Bruce drew parallels between the author's life and the life of Anne, the lovable Prince Edward Island pixie who flits in and out of trouble throughout the novels. 2001 (Nexis) 15 Sept. 6 Standing 6in (15.5cm) high is a nursery jug by Shelley after a design by Mabel Lucy Atwell of a saluting pixie, dressed in green with little, pointed ears. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > pointed 1960 Oct. 114 Fur pixie. 1998 N. Harper 111 Pixie, cheap rainhood. ‘That's it startit spittin. Could ye len's a pixie?’ 2003 L. Lochhead 19 My Mum happed me up in ma good navy-blue napp coat wi the rid tartan hood birled a scarf aroon ma neck pu'ed oan ma pixie an' my pawkies it wis that bitter. Compounds the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > pointed 1828 Jan. 40 Kilmarnock bonnets, pixie caps, and mittens. 1943 F. Urquhart in 16 90 She was wearing a crimson waterproof pixie-cap which was almost the same colour as her pretty, round face. 1992 (Nexis) 11 Nov. 16 Next to the bar, shrouded by the maroonish low ceiling, a boy wearing a pointy pixie cap..smoked a fat joint. 2013 B. Chico 201 Peter Pan, a youthful boy dramatized by female actors wearing a body-tight suit and pixie cap. 1913 25 63 Mild-onion. Pixie-cup. 1942 5 Jan. 38/2 (caption) British soldier and pixy cups are two tiny lichen. 1987 (Nexis) 7 Aug. Pixie-cup lichens..take a century or more to rise an inch above their rock base. 1996 M. Stensaas 172 Various-sized Pixie Cups grow together in groups on dead wood and soil-covered rocks. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > hooded 1964 28 Apr. b8 A pixie cape and cap reflects the growing popularity of capes and Ponchos. 1973 23 Aug. 244/2 I knew that I did not look my best in my mackintosh with its pixie cape. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles 1858 E. Capern 128 Rejoicing where the pixy glove Will soon hang out its crest. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > pointed 1940 10 Feb. 3/6 When last seen she was dressed in a navy-blue school coat, brown stockings and shoes, yellow pixie hat, green scarf, navy-blue jersey, and a white check tie. 1954 G. Durrell v. 106 On his sleek black head was perched an absurd pixie hat constructed out of what once used to be velvet. 2004 (Nexis) 10 Mar. 11 Wrapped in a blue knitted pixie hat and blue belted raincoat the youngster embarked on a treacherous journey. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hood > other 1939 16 Oct. 4/4 A gay coat with a pixie hood is reversible in two blanket cloths, which are wool. 1978 M. Butterworth i. i. 22 An old lady in a plastic pixie hood. 1987 R. Pilcher vii. 149 She wore, as it was wintry, her fur pixie hood. 2005 G. Wisker iv. 86 The vulnerable little girl in the pixie hood. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a hood 1949 E. Coxhead i. 15 Two pixie-hooded small boys. 1966 24 Jan. 13/1 (advt.) Dramatic savings on..pixie hooded cotton suedes, rabbit collared wools, plaids and corduroys with knit telescopic sleeves. 1993 (Nexis) 14 Apr. 7 e A pixie-hooded tartan bolero over pyramid-shaped coat. the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > pixie > path of a1636Pixy-path [see sense 1]. 1987 M. Daly & J. Caputi (1988) 66 Be-Wilder, to lead the Self and Others on Pixie-Paths that wind ever deeper into the Unknown. 2007 D. Bilsborough 528 You've led us up the pixie path ever since we met you. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies > fruit of 1865 July 34 In Dorsetshire he [sc. the peasant] calls haws ‘the pixy-pears’, which..is scientifically true, as the whitethorn and the pear belong to the same order. 1870 F. P. Verney x. 117 Allays after them blackberries and pixie-pears. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland 383 Pixie-pears, fruit of Rosa canina, L.—Dev. 1918 W. de la Mare in 27 Ruby-ripe to see, the pixy-pears burn on yon hawthorn tree. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Pixy-puff, a broad species of fungus, Lycoperdon giganteum of Linnæus, such as Puck is usually represented as sitting on. 1859 M. A. Denham 5 A kind of fungus, vulgo a fuz-ball. The same with pixy-puffs. 1868 Dec. 41/2 In Devon a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum) is called ‘pixy-puff,’ because it was supposed a fairy seat. 1893 28 Sept. 4/7 A girl..is ‘pixy-ridden’—pots and jugs begin to jump out of her hand, chairs run after her, flitches of bacon join the dance. 1938 S. H. Roberts i. i. 10 Hitler without his Party organization behind him would be inconceivable, so too would the Party without his pixy-ridden other-worldness. 1993 K. C. Phillipps 45 Pisky-ridden, beset by minor accidents. 1879 Exmoor Scolding Gloss., in Pixy-rided, to guard against which [sc. horses being ridden by pixies] a horseshoe is nailed against the stable-door. the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > fairy-ring 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Pixy-rings, these rings are indicated by an exuberant growth of grass, depending on the presence of a number of minute fungi. a1847 MS. Gloss. Devon in J. O. Halliwell Pixy-puff, a broad species of fungus. Pixy-rings, the fairy circles. 1888 F. T. Elworthy at Pixy Pixy-rings, round which they dance on moonlight nights. 1891 J. H. Pearce iii. x. 235 A rudely drilled stone with a bit of coloured ribbon run through it—a piskie-ring, or spinning-whorl, in fact. 1994 (Nexis) 6 Jan. 13 200 children are dancing in a pixie ring. the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > fungus, mushroom, or toadstool 1787 F. Grose Picksey-stool, a mushroom. Devonsh. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Pixy-stool, a small species of acuminated fungus, having a long stalk, and generally growing in clusters: I believe the Agaricus fimetarius of Linnæus. 1870 F. P. Verney xiii. 155 There's a fairies' ring, and no end o' pixy-stools on the knap yonder. 1896 G. Chanter vi. 61 A throwing of muck and pixy's stools at her. 1955 W. H. Snell & E. A. Dick (rev. ed.) 118/1 Pixie stool, Cantharellus cibarius. Derivatives the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > resembling fairy or elf 1917 28 Aug. 9/6 Pixie-like indeed are the little folk as they are to be met with in the openings off the pre-historic roads where their ancestors in childhood for innumerable generations spent their days in later summer and early autumn in the same genial task. 1979 J. Wainwright v. 69 Those ridiculously large spectacles, and that equally ridiculous pixie-like face. 1999 D. W. McCaffrey & C. P. Jacobs 54 On the screen the charming, beautiful pixie-like woman became the ideal heroine for movie audiences in the 1910s. the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > resembling fairy or elf 1942 L. D. Rich viii. 218 It may sound a little pixyish and whimsical to say that what we do sometimes get lonesome for are civilized flowers, and stretches of lawn and ordered gardens. 1977 J. Aiken viii. 167 Her narrow, pixyish Irish face. 1995 May 65/2 There are even more eclectic sounds on this album than previous, like..a pixie-ish piano. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1542 |
