pixy-led, a.
Led astray by pixies; lost; bewildered, confused. So pixy-leading.
| 1659 C. Clobery [Cornishman] Div. Glimpses 73 Blind-zeal-sick soul! in Charity i'll judge Thee pixie-led in Popish piety. Ibid., Old countrey folk, who pixie-leading fear, Bear bread about them to prevent that harm. 1836 A. E. Bray Tamar & Tavy (1838) I. 193 The popular belief of being pixy led. 1880 Mrs. Parr Adam & Eve v. 64, I thought you'd run home agen, or was pisky-laid or something. 1895 Elworthy Evil Eye 433 He firmly believed he had been pixy-led. |