An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
(noun) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata
(noun) creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pixie (plural pixies)
(mythology, fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
Synonyms: brownie, fair, gnome, imp, sprite
(slang) A cute, petite woman with short hair.
(astronomy, meteorology) An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
Pixie
A female nickname, also used as a formal given name.
From its IATA code of PX.
Pixie
(informal, aviation, travel) Air Niugini
Source: Wiktionary
Pix"y, Pix"ie, n.; pl. Pixies. Etym: [For Pucksy, from Puck.]
1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.]
2. (Bot.)
Definition: 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. Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.