hox
See also: HOX
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
hox (plural hoxes)
- (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.
Verb edit
hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
- c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2:
- To bide upon't: thou art not honest; or / If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward, / Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining / From course required.
Synonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of hoksaa (“take note”). Compare huom..
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
hox (colloquial)
- Synonym of huom. (“NB, take note”).
Usage notes edit
- Usually written without a dot, despite abbreviations requiring one in standard written Finnish.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
hox
- Alternative form of oxe
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Armenian հող (hoġ). Doublet of xwelî.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hox m (Arabic spelling هۆخ)
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 264