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doxy¹

  • /ˈdɒksi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒksi

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Middle Dutch *doketje, diminutive of Middle Dutch docke (“a doll”), from Proto-Germanic *dokko (“something round”), related to *dukkǭ (“muscle, strength”). Cognate with Low German dokke (“doll”), Saterland Frisian dok, dokke (“a doll”), Swedish docka (“doll, puppet”).

noun doxies · doxie

  1. archaic A sweetheart, a prostitute, a mistress or kept woman. He did not relish the apparition of that Katherine, for when it appeared it seemed to bring with it a brother shadow that wore ragged clothes and tangled hair and foul linen, that drank from any flagon and drabbed with any doxy, that slept in tavern angles through hours of drunkenness, a thing whose

doxy²

  • /ˈdɒksi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒksi

Where it comes from

From -doxy in orthodoxy, heterodoxy, etc.

noun doxies

  1. colloquial A defined opinion. Orthodoxy is my doxy; heterodoxy is another man's doxy.

doxy³

  • /ˈdɒksi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒksi

Where it comes from

Clipping. From deoxy-.

noun

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal, uncountable Clipping of doxycycline I know one patient who couldn't take the tabs but could tolerate liquid doxy.

doxy⁴

  • /ˈdɒksi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒksi

Where it comes from

Clipping of dachshund + -y.

noun doxies · doxie

  1. informal A dachshund.

doxy⁵

  • /ˈdɒksi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒksi

Where it comes from

Coined by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series as the name of a species of biting fairy, possibly originally from Etymology 1 or from Etymology 3 (doxycycline is used to treat various diseases caused by insect bites). Likely influenced by pixie.

noun doxies

  1. An aggressive creature similar to a fairy. "Yeah, but she doesn't usually actively sabotage you." "No worries. I'm used to doxy fairies"

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@misc{doxy_2026,
  title = {doxy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doxy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}