pixie-lead

A form of pixy-lead — to lead (a traveller) astray or cause them to lose their way by means of enchantment.

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Meanings

verbpixie-lead (third-person singular simple present pixie-leads, present participle pixie-leading, simple past and past participle pixie-led)

present singular third person pixie-leads · participle present pixie-leading · participle past pixie-led · past pixie-led

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pixy-lead.

    And they could pixie-lead travelers to their deaths by tricking them into wandering off a cliff or into a dangerous bog. They could even cause fairy stroke. This illness left the victim paralyzed and sometimes unable to speak.

    2010, Shannon Knudsen, Fairies and Elves, Lerner Publications, page 16
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APA

pixie-lead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixie-lead

MLA

“pixie-lead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixie-lead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pixie-lead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixie-lead.

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