Definitions for nixes

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Spelling: [niks]

IPA: /nɪks/

Nixes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in nixes (einsx).

Definitions for nixes

noun

1. nothing.
2. (in Germanic folklore) a water spirit that draws its victims into its underwater home.

adverb

1. no1 (def 1).

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation, especially of warning):

verb (used with object)

1. to veto; refuse to agree to; prohibit:

Origin of nixes

1780-90; German: variant of nichts nothing

Examples for nixes

Lost in dreams, the child gazed into the lake whence blew cool airs, while the nixes floated in mist across it.

The nixes lay around it upon couches, and waited for the beauty whom as yet they had not seen that day.

When any person is shortly to be drowned, the nixes may be previously seen dancing on the surface of the water.