Pix

Pronunciation

 * homophones
 * picks, pyx
 * homophones
 * picks, pyx

Etymology 1
First attested 1932, abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety magazine, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage.

Noun

 * 1)  Plural form of pic in the sense of picture.
 * 2) * 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in The Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
 * Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
 * 1) * 1978, response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist, American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:
 * Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
 * 1) * 2010, Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response, The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6, pages 15–16:
 * He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
 * take pix of damage afterward
 * 1) Specifically, motion pictures; movies.
 * 1) Specifically, motion pictures; movies.

Noun

 * 1) A variant of pyx

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with πίσσα:,  pikis:,  pinus:. More at.

Noun

 * 1) pitch, tar

Descendants

 * English: picoline
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