coxy

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• cocksy

Adjective

coxy (comparative coxier, superlative coxiest)

1. (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:

     [H]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)

1. (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.