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boxen¹

Rhymes with -ɒksən

Where it comes from

From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box + -en.

adjective more boxen · most boxen

  1. Made of boxwood.
  2. Resembling box (the wood).

boxen²

Rhymes with -ɒksən

Where it comes from

From box (“computer”) + -en (archaic/Germanic plural suffix), by analogy with VAXen and possibly also oxen.

noun

  1. humorous, nonstandard, plural plural of box (“computer”) Reality: Sun and HP are hardware companies. They make boxen.

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"boxen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boxen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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boxen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boxen

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"boxen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boxen.

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@misc{boxen_2026,
  title = {boxen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boxen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}