pixie Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
    gremlin; hob; elf; brownie; imp; pixy.
  2. noun creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
    pyxie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata.

WordNet

Pix"y, Pix"ie noun (Also<
  • Pixy
  • Pixie
)
Etymology
For Pucksy, from Puck.
Wordforms
plural Pixies
Definitions
  1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. Written also picksy.
  2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.

Webster 1913