folklore Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
synonyms: brownie, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy.
Roget 129:
infant,
babe,
baby,
babe in arms;
nurseling,
suckling,
yearling,
weanling;
papoose,
bambino;
kid;
vagitus.
child,
bairn [Scot.],
little one,
brat,
chit,
pickaninny,
urchin;
bantling,
bratling†;
elf.
youth,
boy,
lad,
stripling,
youngster,
youngun,
younker†,
callant†,
whipster†,
whippersnapper,
whiffet [U.S.],
schoolboy,
hobbledehoy,
hopeful,
cadet,
minor,
master.
scion;
sap,
seedling;
tendril,
olive branch,
nestling,
chicken,
larva,
chrysalis,
tadpole,
whelp,
cub,
pullet,
fry,
callow;
codlin, codling;
foetus,
calf,
colt,
pup,
foal,
kitten;
lamb,
lambkin†;
aurelia†,
caterpillar,
cocoon,
nymph,
nympha†,
orphan,
pupa,
staddle†.
girl;
lass,
lassie;
wench,
miss,
damsel,
demoiselle;
maid,
maiden;
virgin;
hoyden.
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Roget 193:
littleness
etc.
adj.;
smallness
etc.
(of quantity)
32;
exiguity,
inextension†;
parvitude†,
parvity†;
duodecimo†;
Elzevir edition,
epitome,
microcosm;
rudiment;
vanishing point;
thinness
etc.
203.
dwarf,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
Liliputian,
chit,
pigwidgeon†,
urchin,
elf;
atomy†,
dandiprat†;
doll,
puppet;
Tom Thumb,
Hop-o'-my-thumb†;
manikin,
mannikin;
homunculus,
dapperling†,
cock-sparrow.
animalcule,
monad,
mite,
insect,
emmet†,
fly,
midge,
gnat,
shrimp,
minnow,
worm,
maggot,
entozoon†;
bacteria;
infusoria†;
microzoa [Micro.];
phytozoaria†;
microbe;
grub;
tit,
tomtit,
runt,
mouse,
small fry;
millet seed,
mustard seed;
barleycorn;
pebble,
grain of sand;
molehill,
button,
bubble.
point;
atom
etc.
(small quantity)
32;
fragment
etc.
(small part)
51;
powder
etc.
330;
point of a pin,
mathematical point;
minutiae
etc.
(unimportance)
643.
micrometer;
vernier;
scale.
microphotography,
photomicrography,
micrography†;
photomicrograph,
microphotograph;
microscopy;
microscope
(optical instruments)
445.
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Roget 373:
man,
male,
he,
him;
manhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131;
gentleman,
sir,
master;
sahib;
yeoman,
wight†,
swain,
fellow,
blade,
beau,
elf,
chap,
gaffer,
good man;
husband
etc.
(married man)
903;
Mr. ,
mister;
boy
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Male animal]
cock,
drake,
gander,
dog,
boar,
stag,
hart,
buck,
horse,
entire horse,
stallion;
gibcat†,
tomcat;
he goat,
Billy goat;
ram,
tup;
bull,
bullock;
capon,
ox,
gelding,
steer,
stot†.
androgen.
homosexual,
gay,
queen [Slang].
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Roget 980:
demon,
daemon,
demonry†,
demonology;
evil genius,
fiend,
familiar,
daeva†,
devil;
bad spirit,
unclean spirit;
cacodemon†,
incubus,
Eblis,
shaitan†,
succubus,
succuba;
Frankenstein's monster;
Titan,
Shedim,
Mephistopheles,
Asmodeus†,
Moloch,
Belial,
Ahriman†;
fury,
harpy;
Friar Rush.
vampire,
ghoul;
afreet†,
barghest†,
Loki;
ogre,
ogress;
gnome,
gin,
jinn,
imp,
deev†,
lamia†;
bogie,
bogeyman,
bogle†;
nis†,
kobold†,
flibbertigibbet,
fairy,
brownie,
pixy,
elf,
dwarf,
urchin;
Puck,
Robin Goodfellow;
leprechaun,
Cluricaune†,
troll,
dwerger†,
sprite,
ouphe†,
bad fairy,
nix,
nixie,
pigwidgeon†,
will-o'-the wisp.
[Supernatural appearance]
ghost,
revenant,
specter,
apparition,
spirit,
shade,
shadow,
vision;
hobglobin,
goblin,
orc;
wraith,
spook,
boggart†,
banshee,
loup-garou [Fr.],
lemures†;
evil eye.
merman,
mermaid,
merfolk†;
siren;
satyr,
faun;
manito†,
manitou,
manitu.
possession,
demonic possession,
diabolic possession;
insanity
etc.
503.
[in jest, in science]
Maxwell's demon.
[person possessed by a demon]
demoniac.
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Dutch: kabouter, elf
Polish: elf