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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.

   "No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him."

2. 2
   Initialism of Network Information Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Adjective

1. 1
   Initialism of new in shrink. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Contraction

1. 1
   Contraction of ne is abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. 3
   Initialism of National Intelligence Service, the current South Korean counterintelligence agency. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

demonneckyp

Example

More examples

"No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him."

Etymology

From Danish nisse.

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