Monday 1st August 2016
Nixie
\ /ˈnɪksɪ/
Noun
1. (German myth) a female water
sprite, usually unfriendly to humans
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Quote
Here the nixie waved her tail triumphantly, and flirted it in the hunter's face
in a way that was too provoking to be endured.
Five Mice in
a Mouse-trap Laura E. Richards
Origin
1810-20; < German Nixe (Middle High German nickese, Old High German
nicchessa; see nix), perhaps construed at time of borrowing as nix+ -ie
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