dox

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English

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Etymology

Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

dox pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
    • 1995, J Eric Chard, “Will Vinton's Playmation”, in comp.graphics.animation (Usenet):
      Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?
    • 2002, X, “this is getting old”, in houston.general (Usenet):
      its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...
    • 2004, Andrew D Kirch, “Here is something that will work for the rest of us”, in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet):
      judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS PULL HIS DOX!

Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)

  1. Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) without their consent”)

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Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dulcem.

Adjective

dox m (feminine singular doce, masculine plural dox, feminine plural doces)

  1. sweet

Derived terms

References

  • doux in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dox

  1. dark, swarthy

Declension

Declension of dox — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dox dox dox
Accusative doxne doxe dox
Genitive doxes doxre doxes
Dative doxum doxre doxum
Instrumental doxe doxre doxe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative doxe doxa, doxe dox
Accusative doxe doxa, doxe dox
Genitive doxra doxra doxra
Dative doxum doxum doxum
Instrumental doxum doxum doxum
Declension of dox — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative doxa doxe doxe
Accusative doxan doxan doxe
Genitive doxan doxan doxan
Dative doxan doxan doxan
Instrumental doxan doxan doxan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative doxan doxan doxan
Accusative doxan doxan doxan
Genitive doxra, doxena doxra, doxena doxra, doxena
Dative doxum doxum doxum
Instrumental doxum doxum doxum

Descendants

  • Middle English: dosk

Wolof

Verb

dox

  1. to walk

References

  • Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003) Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof, Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 110
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