• Nixie

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈnɪksi/

    Origin 1

    From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus ("water-elf, crocodile"). Cognate with Old English nicor ("water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus") (English nicker).

    Full definition of nixie

    Noun

    nixie

    (plural nixies)
    1. A female water-elf.
      • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie’s green.

    Origin 2

    Noun

    nixie

    (plural nixies)
    1. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
      • mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move (i.e., nixie notifications) — United States Postal Service Address Change Service description
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