Nix : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nix	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Nix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nix n 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" Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo v command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix Antonym(s): allow, countenance, let, permit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nix \Nix\, n.; fem. {Nixe}. [G. Cf. 1st {Nick}.] (Teut. Myth.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition. The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death. --Tylor.