different between pixilated vs prankish

English

Etymology

From pixie, with ending as in titillated.

Adjective

pixilated (comparative more pixilated, superlative most pixilated)

1. behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.

   • Jane Faulkner: They think he's pixilated.

     Amy Faulkner: Oh, yes. Pixilated. […]

     Board member: Perhaps I can explain, your honor. The word "pixilated" is an early American expression derived from the word "pixies", meaning elves. They would say the pixies had got him. As we nowadays would say, a man is "barmy".

2. whimsical
3. drunk

Usage notes

• Do not confuse pixilated with pixelated.

Synonyms

• (eccentric): abnormal, eccentric, eccentrical, excentrical, odd
• (whimsical): idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, playful, quirky, unconventional
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

English

Etymology

prank +? -ish

Adjective

prankish (comparative more prankish, superlative most prankish)

1. Given to or characterized by impishness or playfulness; mischievous.

Synonyms

• (naughtily or annoyingly playful): impish, mischievous, pixilated, implike, puckish