pixilated
/'piksileitid/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Mildly eccentric or whimsically foolish: Behaving in a slightly strange, silly, or whimsical manner, often in a harmless or endearing way.
- Intoxicated, drunk: (Slang) Being under the influence of alcohol to a significant degree.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The old inventor was a kindly but pixilated character, always talking to his machines.
- After three strong cocktails, he was completely pixilated and couldn't walk a straight line.
Advanced Usage
- Describing a whimsical state of mind: Often used to describe a person whose thoughts or behavior are charmingly odd or fanciful, as if touched by fairies or pixies.
- Her pixilated sense of humor made her the life of the party.
Variants and Related Words
- Pixilation (n): The state of being pixilated; also, a film animation technique using live actors posed frame-by-frame.
- The film used pixilation to create the illusion of the man floating.
Synonyms
- Eccentric: Unconventional and slightly strange.
- Whimsical: Playfully quaint or fanciful.
- Intoxicated: Affected by alcohol or drugs.
- Tipsy: Slightly drunk.
Related Idioms
- As if pixie-led: Behaving as if led astray by pixies; confused or disoriented in a whimsical way. (This idiom shares the folkloric root with "pixilated".)
- He wandered through the old town, as if pixie-led, enchanted by its charm.
Adjective
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very drunk
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naughtily or annoyingly playful
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teasing and worrying with impish laughter
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a wicked prank
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