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nixie

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪksi/

The English word “nixie” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A female nix, a water-spirit.
  2. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.

Etymology

From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”), English nicker.

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