Pixilated

Origin

From pixy, with ending as in titillated.

Full definition of pixilated

Adjective

1. behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
• Jane Faulkner: They think he's pixilated.Amy Faulkner: Oh, yes. Pixilated. Judge May: He's what?
  John Cedar: What was that you said he was?
  Jane: Pixilated.
  Amy: Mm-hmm.
  John: Now that's rather a strange word to us, Miss Jane. Can you tell the court exactly what it means? ...
  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.