Etymology

pix

P3I1X8

Today it means: Motion pictures; movies. Full definition →

First used Late Middle English–19th c.
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pix · noun1

Abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety in 1916, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage.

pix · noun, verb2

A variant of pyx.

First known use, by meaning

  • Late Middle English–19th c. Obsolete spelling of pyx.

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