Elf vs Nixie - What's the difference?
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(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
* Shakespeare
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. Usually skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse (through Tolkien's Eldar)
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
A female water-elf.
* 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
:* mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move (i.e., nixie notifications) — United States Postal Service
As nouns the difference between elf and nixie
is that elf is a luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy while nixie is a female water-elf.As an initialism ELF
is initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front|Earth Liberation Front|lang=en a radical environmentalism group.elf
English
Noun
(elves) (wikipedia elf)- Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.
Derived terms
* elfin * elfinwood * elfish * Elfland * elflock * elven * elvish * light elves * dark elvesSee also
* fay * fairy * brownie * dwarf * hobbitReferences
* Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races'' Series, Volume 2 ''Eddic , Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.Anagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----nixie
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) Nixe, feminine of Nix, from (etyl) nickes, from (etyl) (English nicker).Noun
(en noun)- Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie ’s green.
Etymology 2
Noun
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