poxy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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[1], →ISSN:
      “Everyone bally [balaclava][sic] 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.”
  3. (UK, slang, derogatory) Unimportant, worthless.

See also

References

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

poxy (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute moxy)

  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 (noun form 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

Declension

    Declension of poxy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative momoxy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e i poxyba'e
-sab(a) poxŷaba / poxysaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe poxy nde poxy i poxy oré poxy îandé poxy pe poxy
Imperative
Permissive ta xe poxy ta nde poxy t'i poxy t'oré poxy t'îandé poxy ta pe poxy
Negative indicative na xe poxyî na nde poxyî n'i poxyî n'oré poxyî n'îandé poxyî na pe poxyî
Negative imperative nde poxy umẽ pe poxy umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe poxy umẽ ta nde poxy umẽ t'i poxy umẽ t'oré poxy umẽ t'îandé poxy umẽ ta pe poxy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe poxyramo nde poxyramo o poxyramo oré poxyramo îandé poxyramo pe poxyramo
Negative xe poxye'ymamo nde poxye'ymamo o poxye'ymamo oré poxye'ymamo îandé poxye'ymamo pe poxye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative poxy
Negative poxye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe poxyû2 i poxyû2 oré poxyû2 îandé poxyû2
Negative same as gerund1
xe poxye'ymi2 i poxye'ymi2 oré poxye'ymi2 îandé poxye'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

Adverb

poxy

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

Interjection

poxy!

  1. hell; damn (expressing discontent, unhappiness, or anger)

Derived terms

  • i poxyba'e
  • poxŷaba

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: puxí

Further reading

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