poxy

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English

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Etymology

pox +‎ -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

poxy (comparative poxier, superlative poxiest)

  1. (medicine) Suffering from pox.
  2. (figurative) Sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad.
    • 1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Is It Rock Art Or Is It Nart?”, in New Musical Express:
      Being a pop star means its goodbye to starving in a poxy garret.
    • 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      “Everyone bally [balaclava] up, tool up,” said one man. “Let’s show the fucking media that we’re not a fucking pushover, that no more fucking foreigners are allowed into this poxy country.”

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈʃɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: po‧xy

Noun

poxy (possessable)

  1. malice; evilness
    Synonym: memûã
  2. awkwardness
  3. dishonesty
  4. uselessness
  5. ugliness
  6. (derogatory) bastard; villain
    Synonym: muru
  7. (of food) decay; deterioration
    Synonym: tuîuka

Adjective

poxy

  1. (derogatory) abject; evil
    Synonym: memûã
  2. (derogatory) disgusting; gross; repulsive
  3. (derogatory) dishonest
  4. (derogatory) ugly; misshapen
  5. (of food) spoiled; rotten; deteriorated
    Synonym: tuîuk

Adverb

poxy

  1. badly
  2. abjectly; evilly
    Synonym: memûã
  3. awkwardly

Interjection

poxy!

  1. hell; damn (expressing discontent, unhappiness, or anger)
    • 2005, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, chapter 10, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos, 3 edition (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global Editora, page 135:
      Moxy! Akaî tatá pupé! Xe rasyeté!
      Hell! I burned myself in the fire! It hurts so much!

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