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pixilated (adj.)
"mildly insane, bewildered, tipsy," 1848,
pix-e-lated
, from
pixie
+
-lated
, as in
elated
, etc., perhaps influenced by or a variant of
pixie-led
. A New England dialect word popularized 1936 by its use in movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."