pixilated

[ pik-suh-ley-tid ]
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adjective
  1. slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.

  2. amusingly whimsical, prankish, silly, or the like.

Origin of pixilated

1
First recorded in 1840–50, Americanism;pix(ie) + (tit)illated
  • Sometimes pix·il·lat·ed .

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British Dictionary definitions for pixilated

pixilated

pixillated

/ (ˈpɪksɪˌleɪtɪd) /


adjectivemainly US
  1. eccentric or whimsical

  2. slang drunk

Origin of pixilated

1
C20: from pixie + -lated, as in stimulated, titillated, etc

Derived forms of pixilated

  • pixilation or pixillation, noun

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