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pix·i·lat·ed

or pix·il·lat·ed or pix·e·lat·ed or pix·el·lat·ed (pĭk′sə-lā′tĭd)

adj.

1. Behaving as if mentally unbalanced; very eccentric.

2. Whimsical; prankish.

3. Slang Intoxicated; drunk.

[From pixie.]

pix′i·la′tion n.

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pixilated

(ˈpɪksɪˌleɪtɪd) or

pixillated

adj

1. eccentric or whimsical

2. slang drunk

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

ˌpixiˈlation, ˌpixilˈlation n

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pix•i•lat•ed

(ˈpɪk səˌleɪ tɪd)

adj.

1. eccentric or mentally disordered.

2. whimsical or prankish.

[1840–50; pix (ie) + (tit) illated]

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Adj.	1.	pixilated - naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" impish, implike, mischievous, prankish, puckish, arch, wicked playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
	2.	pixilated - very drunk besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, plastered, cockeyed, loaded, wet, stiff, tight jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

pixilated

adjective

Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:

besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy.

Informal: cockeyed, stewed.

Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.

Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.

Translations

pixilated

adj (hum inf) (= crazy, eccentric) → überspannt, überkandidelt (inf); (= drunk) → angeheitert (inf)

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