# Pippi Longstocking

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.
2. A person, especially a girl or woman, given to headstrong, wild behaviour, flights of fancy, or irrepressible optimism.

## Etymology
Named after the character created by Astrid Lindgren, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pippi-longstocking