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nix

1 [niks]

Slang.

–noun

nothing.

–adverb

no.

–interjection

3.	(used as an exclamation, esp. of warning): Nix, the cops!

–verb (used with object)

4.	to veto; refuse to agree to; prohibit: to nix the project.

Origin:
1780–90; < G: var. of nichts nothing

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nix

2 [niks]

–noun, plural nix⋅es.

(in Germanic folklore) a water spirit that draws its victims into its underwater home.

Origin:
1825–35; < G Nix, OHG nihhus; c. OE nicor water monster, ON nykr, Norw nøkk, Sw näck; cf. Skt nenekti (he) washes

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nix¹ (nĭks) Pronunciation Key
n. Mythology
A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and half-fish.

[German, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus.]

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nix²   (nĭks) Pronunciation Key
n.   Nothing.
adv.   Not so; no.
tr.v.   nixed, nix·ing, nix·es
To forbid, refuse, or veto: Congress nixed the tax hike.

[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.]

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nix

"nothing, none," 1789, from Ger. nix, dial. variant of nichts "nothing," from M.H.G. nihtes, from gen. of niht, nit "nothing," from O.H.G. niwiht, from ni, ne "no" + wiht "thing, creature" (cf. naught). The verb is attested from 1903.

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nix
noun
1.	a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
verb
1.	command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid] [ant: allow]