nix

Nix

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noun

The definition of a nix is a part human water spirit in German mythology.
An example of a nix is a mermaid.

verb

Nix is defined as to stop, refuse or disapprove of.
An example of nix is the president ending a welfare program.

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nix

Gmc. Folklore a water sprite, usually small and of human or partly human form

Origin of nix

German nix, masculine , nixe, feminine from Old High German nihhus, sea beast, nicchussa, water sprite, akin to Old English nicor, Old Norse nykr, water sprite from Germanic an unverified form nik-, an unverified form nikwus-, water spirit from Indo-European base an unverified form neigw-, to wash from source Sanskrit n?n?kti, (he) washes

no
not at all

Origin of nix

German nichts

stop; don't do that
I forbid, refuse, disagree, etc.

Slang nothing

Informal to disapprove of or put a stop to

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nix

noun

Mythology

A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and half-fish.

Origin of nix

German from Middle High German nickes from Old High German nihhus

Slang

noun

Nothing.

adverb

Not so; no.

transitive verb

nixed, nix·ing, nix·es

To forbid, refuse, or veto: Congress nixed the tax hike.

Origin of nix

German dialectal from Middle High German nihtes genitive of niht from Old High German niwiht ni not, no ; see ne in Indo-European roots. wiht thing ; see wekti- in Indo-European roots.

Nix

noun

A satellite of Pluto.

Origin of Nix

Alteration (in order to avoid confusion with the asteroid 3908 Nyx) of Nyx Greek goddess of the night from Greek Nux from nux night ; see nek^w-t- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(uncountable)

(colloquial): nothing.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present nixes, present participle nixing, simple past and past participle nixed)

To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
Nix the last order - the customer walked out.
To destroy or eradicate.

Origin

From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing"). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing"), informal for niets (“nothing"). More at naught.

Noun

(plural nixes)

A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.

Proper noun

(astronomy) One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)

Origin

Named after the mother of Charon, goddess of darkness and light.

Proper noun

A patronymic surname.

Origin

From Nick, diminutive of the given name Nicholas + patronymic suffix -s.

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*nix - Computer Definition

All versions of Unix and Linux. The asterisk is a wild card symbol that means "all letters" in the name. Synonymous with "Xnix." See wild cards, Unix and Linux.

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