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nixie

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[ nik-see ]
/ ˈnɪk si /
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noun

a letter or parcel that is undeliverable by the post office because of a faulty or illegible address.

Words related to nixie

gremlin, gnome, demon, brownie, bogeyman, pixie, imp, fiend, spirit, sprite, kobold

Words nearby nixie

nivernais, nivkh, nivôse, nix, nixer, nixie, nixie tube, nixon, nixon doctrine, nixon, richard, niyama

Origin of nixie

1
First recorded in 1880–85; nix1 + -ie

Definition for nixie (2 of 2)

nixie2
[ nik-see ]
/ ˈnɪk si /

noun German Folklore.

a female water spirit.

Origin of nixie

2
1810–20; < German Nixe (Middle High German nickese, Old High German nicchessa; see nix2), perhaps construed at time of borrowing as nix2 + -ie
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British Dictionary definitions for nixie

nixie
/ (ˈnɪksɪ) /

noun

German myth a female water sprite, usually unfriendly to humans

Word Origin for nixie

C19: see nix
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