poxy
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒksi
Adjective
[edit]poxy (comparative poxier, superlative poxiest)
- (medicine) Suffering from pox.
- (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.”
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Old Tupi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]poxy (Ib class pluriform, absolute moxy) (possessable)
- malice; evilness
- Synonym: memûã
- awkwardness
- dishonesty
- uselessness
- ugliness
- (derogatory) bastard; villain
- Synonym: muru
- (of food) decay; deterioration
- Synonym: tuîuka
Adjective
[edit]poxy (noun form poxy)
- (derogatory) abject; evil
- Synonym: memûã
- (derogatory) disgusting; gross; repulsive
- (derogatory) dishonest
- (derogatory) ugly; misshapen
- (of food) spoiled; rotten; deteriorated
- Synonym: tuîuk
Declension
[edit] Declension of poxy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
Adjectival forms | ||||||
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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
[edit]poxy
Interjection
[edit]poxy!
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: puxí
Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “poxy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 406, columns 1–2
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