Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Led by pixies; hence, bewildered.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Led by pixies; bewildered.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
bewildered orled astray , as if bypixies
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Examples
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_ -- At Chudleigh Rocks I was told, a few weeks ago, by the old man who acts as guide to the caves, of a recent instance of a man's being pixy-led.
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"I never remember any one being pixy-led but that cider was at the bottom of it," said Colonel George.
The Drummer's Coat 1896
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And he was pixy-led all that night, my Lady, was the old Jimmy, and when he come home all his money was gone; so I reckon that the pixies is in league with the witches. "
The Drummer's Coat 1896
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Them that know Egdon best have been pixy-led here at times. "
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