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Revision as of 15:01, 26 April 2024
See also: HOX
English
Etymology 1
Noun
hox (plural hoxes)
- (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.
Verb
hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
- c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2:
- To bide upon't: thou art not honest; or / If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward, / Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining / From course required.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipping of hoksaa (“take note”). Compare huom..
Pronunciation
Interjection
- Synonym of huom. (“NB, take note”).
Usage notes
- Usually written without a dot, despite abbreviations requiring one in standard written Finnish.
Middle English
Noun
hox
- Alternative form of oxe
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Armenian հող (hoġ). Doublet of xwelî.
Pronunciation
Noun
hox m (Arabic spelling هۆخ)
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 264
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- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with quotations
- Finnish clippings
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oks
- Rhymes:Finnish/oks/1 syllable
- Finnish colloquialisms
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- Northern Kurdish terms borrowed from Armenian
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