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nix

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Interjection, Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

nixn. [G. Cf. 1st Nick.].
     One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.  [1913 Webster]
    "The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nix, n. & v. sl.
--n.
1 nothing.
2 a denial or refusal.
--v.tr.
1 cancel.
2 reject.

nix, n. (fem. nixie) a water-elf.

nix, int. Brit. sl. giving warning to confederates etc. that a person in authority is approaching.

Etymology
19th c.: perh. = NIX(1)

THESAURUS

nix

Davy, Davy Jones, Neptune, Nereid, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, abnegation, aught, cipher, contradiction, declension, declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation, disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience, dissent, fat chance, forget it, fresh-water nymph, goose egg, holding back, kelpie, kill, limniad, man fish, mermaid, merman, nada, naiad, naught, nay, naysaying, negation, negative, negative answer, negative attitude, negativeness, negativism, negativity, nichts, nihil, nil, nit, nixie, no, no sirree, no such thing, no way, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonobservance, nope, not a chance, not much, nothing, nothing at all, nothing doing, nothing on earth, nothing whatever, ocean nymph, recantation, refusal, rejection, repudiation, retention, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, siren, thing of naught, thumbs-down, turndown, under no circumstances, undine, unwillingness, water god, water spirit, water sprite, wind, withholding, zero, zilch

ROGET THESAURUS

nix

Zero

N zero, nothing, null, nul, naught, nought, void, cipher, goose egg, none, nobody, no one, nichts, nixie, nix, zilch, zip, zippo, not a soul, ame qui vive, absence, unsubstantiality, not one, not a one, not any, nary a one, not a, never a, not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot, not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.

Demon

N demon, daemon, demonry, demonology, evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil, bad spirit, unclean spirit, cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba, Frankenstein's monster, Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman, fury, harpy, Friar Rush, vampire, ghoul, afreet, barghest, Loki, ogre, ogress, gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia, bogie, bogeyman, bogle, nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp, ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision, hobglobin, goblin, orc, wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures, evil eye, merman, mermaid, merfolk, siren, satyr, faun, manito, manitou, manitu, possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession, insanity, Maxwell's demon, demoniac, demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiend-like, supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral, ghostly, ghost-like, elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike, haunted, pokerish, possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon, demonically.


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