coxy
English
Alternative forms
- cocksy
Adjective
coxy (comparative coxier, superlative coxiest)
- (obsolete) Cocky.
- 1857, [Thomas Hughes], “The War of Independence”, in Tom Brown’s School Days. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., OCLC 1154918083, 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 2108290, 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?"
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Derived terms
- coxiness
Etymology 2
Phonetic respelling of a clipping of coccidiosis.
Noun
coxy (uncountable)
- (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.
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