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also pixillated
adjective
Etymology: irregular from pixie
Date: 1848
1. somewhat unbalanced mentally; also bemused
2. whimsical <pixilated pleasures> • pixilation noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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pixilated — mildly insane, bewildered, tipsy, 1848, from PIXIE (Cf. 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 … Etymology dictionary
pixilated — means ‘bewildered or confused’ (literally ‘led astray by pixies’), and informally ‘drunk’. Another word entirely is pixelated, a technical term for a digital image that has been distorted into component areas (pixels) in order to conceal the… … Modern English usage
pixilated — ☆ pixilated [pik′si lāt΄id ] adj. [altered < pixy led, lost, lit., led astray by pixies, infl. by pp. of verbs in late (as elated, titillated)] eccentric, daft, whimsical, puckish, etc … English World dictionary
pixilated — AND pixolated 1. mod. bewildered. □ That little old lady is pixilated. □ She seems a bit young to be so pixolated. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated; tipsy. □ She seems a bit pixilated. She’s probably been drinking … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pixilated — /pik seuh lay tid/, adj. 1. slightly eccentric or mentally disordered. 2. amusingly whimsical, prankish, silly, or the like. [1840 50, Amer.; PIX(IE) + (TIT)ILLATED] * * * … Universalium
pixilated — adjective a) behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies. b) whimsical … Wiktionary
pixilated — Synonyms and related words: bedeviled, boozy, canned, demonized, devil ridden, disguised, drunk, elvish, frolicsome, inebriated, larkish, muddled, pixie, pixieish, plastered, possessed, pranky, puckish, roguish, stoned, waggish … Moby Thesaurus
pixilated — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. eccentric, daft, whimsical, puckish, impish, pixyish, capricious; see also naughty , silly . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent,… … English dictionary for students
pixilated — pix·i·lat·ed || pɪksɪleɪtɪd adj. (Slang) crazy, insane, mad; drunken, intoxicated … English contemporary dictionary
pixilated — (also pixillated) adjective bewildered; confused. ↘informal, dated drunk. Derivatives pixilation noun Origin C19: var. of pixie led, lit. led astray by pixies , or from pixie, on the pattern of words such as elated … English new terms dictionary
