ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nixie

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈnɪksi/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Nixie is a noun meaning A female nix, a water-spirit.

Meaning

A female nix, a water-spirit.

More Meanings

  1. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.

Example Sentences

Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie’s green.
If you get a response of less than one percent or excessive “nixies” (wrong addresses), rework your copy or get a new list.
The place seems to have been fashioned as a dwelling for dryads and hamadryads, for nixies and pixies, and all the fabled spirits of forest and stream.
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;[…].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nixy, nixe, nymphette, pixie, pixy, sea-girl.

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