nixie
noun
Roget 101:
zero,
nothing;
null,
nul,
naught,
nought,
void;
cipher,
goose egg;
none,
nobody,
no one;
nichts [G.],
nixie [Slang],
nix [Slang];
zilch [Slang],
zip [Slang],
zippo [Slang];
not a soul;
ame qui vive [Fr.];
absence
etc.
187;
unsubstantiality
etc.
4†.
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Roget 979:
god,
goddess;
heathen gods and goddesses;
deva†;
Jupiter,
Jove
&c.;
pantheon.
Allah†,
Bathala†,
Brahm†,
Brahma†,
Brahma†,
cloud-compeller,
Devi,
Durga,
Kali,
oread†,
the Great Spirit,
Ushas;
water nymph,
wood nymph;
Yama,
Varuna,
Zeus;
Vishnu
[Hindu deities],
Siva,
Shiva,
Krishna,
Juggernath†,
Buddha;
Isis
[Egyptian deities],
Osiris,
Ra;
Belus,
Bel,
Baal†,
Asteroth
&c.;
Thor
[Norse deities],
Odin;
Mumbo Jumbo;
good genius,
tutelary genius;
demiurge,
familiar;
sibyl;
fairy,
fay;
sylph,
sylphid;
Ariel†,
peri,
nymph,
nereid,
dryad,
seamaid,
banshee,
benshie†,
Ormuzd;
Oberon,
Mab,
hamadryad†,
naiad,
mermaid,
kelpie†,
Ondine,
nixie,
sprite;
denizens of the air;
pixy
etc.
(bad spirit)
980.
mythology;
heathen-mythology,
fairy-mythology;
Lempriere,
folklore.
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Roget 980:
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.
[Supernatural appearance]
ghost,
revenant,
specter,
apparition,
spirit,
shade,
shadow,
vision;
hobglobin,
goblin,
orc;
wraith,
spook,
boggart†,
banshee,
loup-garou [Fr.],
lemures†;
evil eye.
merman,
mermaid,
merfolk†;
siren;
satyr,
faun;
manito†,
manitou,
manitu.
possession,
demonic possession,
diabolic possession;
insanity
etc.
503.
[in jest, in science]
Maxwell's demon.
[person possessed by a demon]
demoniac.
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