nixien.¹

Brit.

/ˈnɪksi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪksi/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Nixe.

Etymology: < German Nixe (feminine) water sprite, nymph (see nicker n.¹). Compare French nixe (1852; 1844 as nixé ; < German). Compare nix n.², nicker n.¹

In German folklore: a water sprite or nymph having a human torso and the tail of a fish, and able to take on a variety of physical appearances in order to pass unnoticed among humans. See also water nixie n. at water n. Compounds 2g(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting water

lady of the lake1579

shoupiltin1711

wraith1755

nixie1816

undine1821

nix1833

Jenny Greenteeth1850

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 266 All the German superstitions of nixies, oak-kings, were-wolves.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 19 She who sits by haunted well, Is subject to the Nixies spell.

1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 146 Those Elves and Erles,..those alps and goblins, those nixies and wood-nymphs.

1892 Daily News 16 Nov. 5/4 To the left and right, in the form of handles, are two nixies blowing shells.

1918 D. H. Lawrence New Poems 62 It seems to me The woman you are should be nixie, there is a pool Where we ought to be.

1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 214 If your gaze the gaze transfixes Of satyresses or of nixies.

1992 Dragon Mag. Feb. 33/2 There are giants of various sorts, centaurs and other beast-men, and faerie and mythological types: pixies, sprites, nixies, dryads, satyrs, etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nixien.²

Brit.

/ˈnɪksi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪksi/

Forms: 1800s– nixy, 1900s– nixie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nix n.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < nix n.¹ + -y suffix⁶.

1. U.S. Post which cannot be forwarded by the postal services because it is illegibly or incorrectly addressed. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Nixy².

1901 Congress. Rec. 34 ii. 1145/2 These poor ‘nixie’ clerks in the postoffices of this country.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 8 Feb. 5 What the railway postal clerks most dread is the class of mail they know as ‘nixies’.

1929 Lit. Digest 5 Oct. 67/1 The similarity in appearance of the letters N.Y. and N.J... is responsible for many letters reaching the ‘Nixie’ division.

1956 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 19 Sept. 28/1 ‘Nixie’ is mail that can't be delivered because the address is incorrect, illegible, or insufficient.

1994 New Yorker 24 Oct. 68/3 In the Central Post Office's nixie unit—where mail arrives that has been illegibly or incorrectly addressed—I see street numbers in the seventy thousands.

2. = nix n.¹ a. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all

noughtOE

neither tip nor toe1610

nix1781

damn the haet1787

no nothing1815

zero1823

all1842

neither hide nor hair1857

zip1900

nixie1906

damn all1910

fuck-all1916

Fanny Adams1919

bugger-all1921

S.F.A.1933

not a sausage1938

shit1949

zilch1956

eff-all1958

sod all1958

diddly-squat1963

diddly1964

jack-all1965

niente1969

zippo1973

feck-all1975

hee-haw1975

naff all1977

jack squat1986

1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xviii. 249 Er storm centre..redooced..land values t' nex' t' nixie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Nixien.³

Brit.

/ˈnɪksi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪksi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English numeric indicator , experimental adj., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < the initial letters of numeric indicator + -x- (in experimental adj.) + -y suffix⁶ (see quot. 1973).

Electronics.

More fully Nixie tube, Nixie indicator, etc. An indicator used in the displays of scientific instruments, consisting of a gas-discharge tube containing ten wire cathodes bent into the shapes of the numerals 0 to 9.A proprietary name in the U.S.

ΚΠ

1957 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Sept. tm17/1 Nixie... For electronic indicator tubes.

1971 Electronic Design 19 24/1 Of the many challenges to the Nixie tube for the title of King of digital readout devices, the strongest is being mounted by the light-emitting diode.

1971 Electronic Design 19 53 The Nixie's early price was about $16 in quantities of 500.

1973 Sci. Amer. June 66/2 The name Nixie came about accidentally. A draftsman making drawings of the device labeled it nix i, for numeric indicator experimental No. 1. His colleagues began referring to it as ‘Nixie’, and the name stuck.

1987 J. Millman & A. Grabel Microelectronics (ed. 2) vii. 282 A Nixie indicator is a cold-cathode gas-discharge tube with a single anode and 10 cathodes, which are wires shaped in the form of numerals 0 to 9.

1988 Plays Internat. Aug. 34/3 A sophisticated, sterilised laboratory, where every flashing Nixie-tube is an exterior sign of success.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nixieadv.

Brit.

/ˈnɪksi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪksi/

Forms: 1800s– nixey, 1800s– nixie, 1800s– nixy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nix n.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < nix n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. Compare nit adv., nix adv.

No, certainly not. Cf. nix adv.

ΚΠ

1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 120/1 Nixey..nein, nicht.

1887 World (N.Y.) 19 June 11/3 He had been told by a friend to ‘come here and I'll give you a tip.’ ‘Nixey,’ was the reply, ‘There's only one man who can give me a tip.’

1903 Pedagogical Seminary 10 373 Nixy... Don't you believe it. Not much.

1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 108 They're all right to marry,..but to sacrifice your life for, nixie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1816

n.²1890

n.³1957

adv.1886

单词	nixie
释义	nixien.¹ Brit. /ˈnɪksi/, U.S. /ˈnɪksi/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Nixe. Etymology: < German Nixe (feminine) water sprite, nymph (see nicker n.¹). Compare French nixe (1852; 1844 as nixé ; < German). Compare nix n.², nicker n.¹ In German folklore: a water sprite or nymph having a human torso and the tail of a fish, and able to take on a variety of physical appearances in order to pass unnoticed among humans. See also water nixie n. at water n. Compounds 2g(b). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting water lady of the lake1579 shoupiltin1711 wraith1755 nixie1816 undine1821 nix1833 Jenny Greenteeth1850 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 266 All the German superstitions of nixies, oak-kings, were-wolves. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 19 She who sits by haunted well, Is subject to the Nixies spell. 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 146 Those Elves and Erles,..those alps and goblins, those nixies and wood-nymphs. 1892 Daily News 16 Nov. 5/4 To the left and right, in the form of handles, are two nixies blowing shells. 1918 D. H. Lawrence New Poems 62 It seems to me The woman you are should be nixie, there is a pool Where we ought to be. 1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 214 If your gaze the gaze transfixes Of satyresses or of nixies. 1992 Dragon Mag. Feb. 33/2 There are giants of various sorts, centaurs and other beast-men, and faerie and mythological types: pixies, sprites, nixies, dryads, satyrs, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nixien.² Brit. /ˈnɪksi/, U.S. /ˈnɪksi/ Forms: 1800s– nixy, 1900s– nixie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nix n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < nix n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. 1. U.S. Post which cannot be forwarded by the postal services because it is illegibly or incorrectly addressed. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Nixy². 1901 Congress. Rec. 34 ii. 1145/2 These poor ‘nixie’ clerks in the postoffices of this country. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 8 Feb. 5 What the railway postal clerks most dread is the class of mail they know as ‘nixies’. 1929 Lit. Digest 5 Oct. 67/1 The similarity in appearance of the letters N.Y. and N.J... is responsible for many letters reaching the ‘Nixie’ division. 1956 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 19 Sept. 28/1 ‘Nixie’ is mail that can't be delivered because the address is incorrect, illegible, or insufficient. 1994 New Yorker 24 Oct. 68/3 In the Central Post Office's nixie unit—where mail arrives that has been illegibly or incorrectly addressed—I see street numbers in the seventy thousands. 2. = nix n.¹ a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xviii. 249 Er storm centre..redooced..land values t' nex' t' nixie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Nixien.³ Brit. /ˈnɪksi/, U.S. /ˈnɪksi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English numeric indicator , experimental adj., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < the initial letters of numeric indicator + -x- (in experimental adj.) + -y suffix⁶ (see quot. 1973). Electronics. More fully Nixie tube, Nixie indicator, etc. An indicator used in the displays of scientific instruments, consisting of a gas-discharge tube containing ten wire cathodes bent into the shapes of the numerals 0 to 9.A proprietary name in the U.S. ΚΠ 1957 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Sept. tm17/1 Nixie... For electronic indicator tubes. 1971 Electronic Design 19 24/1 Of the many challenges to the Nixie tube for the title of King of digital readout devices, the strongest is being mounted by the light-emitting diode. 1971 Electronic Design 19 53 The Nixie's early price was about $16 in quantities of 500. 1973 Sci. Amer. June 66/2 The name Nixie came about accidentally. A draftsman making drawings of the device labeled it nix i, for numeric indicator experimental No. 1. His colleagues began referring to it as ‘Nixie’, and the name stuck. 1987 J. Millman & A. Grabel Microelectronics (ed. 2) vii. 282 A Nixie indicator is a cold-cathode gas-discharge tube with a single anode and 10 cathodes, which are wires shaped in the form of numerals 0 to 9. 1988 Plays Internat. Aug. 34/3 A sophisticated, sterilised laboratory, where every flashing Nixie-tube is an exterior sign of success. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nixieadv. Brit. /ˈnɪksi/, U.S. /ˈnɪksi/ Forms: 1800s– nixey, 1800s– nixie, 1800s– nixy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nix n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < nix n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. Compare nit adv., nix adv. No, certainly not. Cf. nix adv. ΚΠ 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 120/1 Nixey..nein, nicht. 1887 World (N.Y.) 19 June 11/3 He had been told by a friend to ‘come here and I'll give you a tip.’ ‘Nixey,’ was the reply, ‘There's only one man who can give me a tip.’ 1903 Pedagogical Seminary 10 373 Nixy... Don't you believe it. Not much. 1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 108 They're all right to marry,..but to sacrifice your life for, nixie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1816n.²1890n.³1957adv.1886
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