coxy

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English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

cocksy

Adjective

coxy (comparative coxier, superlative coxiest)

(obsolete) Cocky.
- 1857, [Thomas Hughes], “The War of Independence”, in Tom Brown’s School Days. , Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 202:
  He's the coxiest young blackguard in the house—I always told you so.
- 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Links”, in Adam Bede , volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 305:
  e "couldn't abide a fellow who thought he made himself fine by being coxy to 's betters."
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 70:
  "Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?"

Derived terms

coxiness

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of a clipping of coccidiosis.

Noun

coxy (uncountable)

(veterinary medicine, informal) Coccidiosis.
- 1967, Canadian Poultry Review, volume 91, page 6:
  Now your laying birds, too, can have protection against cecal coccidiosis. AMPROL* SOLUTION can be safely given to all chickens at the first sign of coxy or when a diagnosis of coccidiosis has been made.

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