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nixe

nixe is the alternative spelling of nixie.

Meaning of nixie

Noun (1)

nixie (plural nixies)

  1. A female nix, a water-spirit.
    • The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all...1876, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest, volume I, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 391

Noun (2)

nixie (plural nixies)

  1. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
    • Mailers who are registered participants in the Postal Service's Address Change Service (ACS) system expect to receive their address corrections and nixie notifications by electronic messages;[…].1994 March 3, Postal Bulletin, United States Postal Service, page 4

Forms of nixe

pluralnixes

Questions about nixe

What is nixe the alternative spelling of?
Nixe is the alternative spelling of nixie.

Words near nixe in the dictionary

  1. Niwari
  2. NIWC
  3. Niwot
  4. nix
  5. nix off
  6. nixe
  7. nixed
  8. nixer
  9. nixers
  10. nixes
  11. Nixey

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