单词 | water nixie |
释义 | > as lemmaswater nixie water nixie n. ΚΠ 1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland III. 111 The connexion of Staufenberger with the water Nixe [in a German tale] brings, at last, destruction.] 1832 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 49 It is the voice of the Water Nixies, which startles two lovers, faintly heard through the wreathing mists upon the lake. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iii. xxii. 146 Water-nixies, and such lovely things without souls. 1999 A. Arensberg Incubus v. xii. 140 All the natural spirits were about—elves, trolls, wood nymphs, and water nixies, and some which must not be named. < as lemmas |
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