nixie

noun

Definition of nixienext
as in fairy

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Recent Examples of nixie This full function clock created by electronico is crafted from vintage nixie tubes. — Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nixie
  1. fairy
  2. goblin
  3. elf
  4. changeling
  5. little people
  6. troll
  7. faerie
  8. gnome
Noun
  • Decapitated, the fairy of Smoking with Oneself (2021–26) puffs a cigarette from the gaping red maw of her throat.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • The farm is also holding a Fairy Festival on July 18 and 19 featuring scavenger hunts, fairy stories and other activities in addition to the usual hayrides, petting farm and pony rides.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2026
Definition of fairy
Noun
  • Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
  • Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 24 June 2026
Definition of goblin
Noun
  • Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real.
    — Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
  • Ferrell starred as Buddy in the 2003 Christmas classic, which focused on a human adopted by elves and raised as an elf in the North Pole until one day, as an adult, discovering his true identity.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of elf
Noun
  • The trows might steal you away and leave a changeling in your place.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Like a changeling—a motif that recurs throughout the novel—the old narrator has been taken and replaced by someone new.
    — Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of changeling
Noun
  • And a scene depicting a barroom brawl among little people, interrupted by similarly diminutive cops and paramedics, feels like it could have been devised by Buñuel.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • These little people seem to like dancing and performing acrobatics.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Definition of little people
Noun
  • As federal legalization looms, the patent trolls are watching.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Internet trolls don’t only target Angel Reese Before getting to the rest of Reese’s victimhood résumé, let’s address the most common defense.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of troll
Noun
  • Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of faerie
Noun
  • Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
  • The venerable patriarch is leaning heavily on an ebony cane, and is followed closely by his personal assistant, a bald gnome of a man, armed with a notebook and pencil.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Definition of gnome

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