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# pixy

«pixy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small magical creature in stories, like a fairy or elf…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pixy, pixies); also spelled pixie

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small magical creature in stories, like a fairy or elf, often with pointed ears and a pointed hat, known for tricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#m1)

2) (informal) A pixie cut is a very short hairstyle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and folk tales from Cornwall and Devon, pixies lead people astray or play pranks. In everyday life a «pixie hat» or «pixie cut» describes a style. Phrases: pixie dust, pixie hat.

### examples

- The pixy hid the farmer's boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x1)
- In the story, pixies danced in a ring of mushrooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x2)
- Tinker Bell sprinkles pixie dust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x3)
- She wore a pointy pixie hat in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x4)
- My sister got a pixie cut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x5)
- Grandma says pixies live under the old bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x6)
- In fact, they were up to all kinds of mischief; and Dame Goody knew that she had got into a house of pixies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/#x7)

### note

Plural: pixies. «Pixie» is the usual spelling; «pixy» is an older one. Pixies are not real; they are made-up creatures.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pixy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pixy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.