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Definition of Nixie
1. n. See Nix.
Definition of Nixie
1. Noun. a female water-elf ¹
2. Noun. a piece of mail returned as undeliverable ¹
3. Noun. (paganism) a water spirit of either sex revered in Heathenry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nixie
1. a female water sprite [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nixie
| nitweed nitwit nitwits nitwitted nitwittedly nitwittedness nival nivation niveous nix | nixe nixed nixer nixers nixes nixies nixing nixtamal nixtamalization nixy | nizam nizamate nizamates nizams nizatidine nizzles njovera nka |
Literary usage of Nixie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"If ever you think there is a burglar in the house, nixie, whatever you do, ...
nixie is interested in burglars." •' I am sure nixie could do more than the ..."
2. The Art of the Story-teller by Marie L. Shedlock (1915)
"THE WATER nixie The river was so clear because it was the home of a very beautiful
Water nixie who lived in it, and who sometimes could emerge from her home ..."
3. The Rhine, Legends, Traditions, History, from Cologne to Mainz by Joseph Snowe (1839)
"It is a place of little consideration, and would be of still less, but for the
legends of the nixie, which still linger there, and connect themselves ..."
4. The Speaker Re (1913)
""It do beat all the way nixie and Mis' Mooney's niece has took to each other,"
remarked ... I'd as soon think of teachin" a buttin' lamb as nixie Dixon. ..."
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