poxy

== English == === Alternative forms === poxie === Etymology === From pox + -y. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒk.si/ Rhymes: -ɒksi === Adjective === poxy (comparative poxier, superlative poxiest) (medicine) Suffering from pox. (figurative) Sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad. (UK, slang, derogatory) Unimportant, worthless. ==== Related terms ==== pockmark pockmarked chickenpox smallpox === See also === lousy === References === “poxy”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Old Tupi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pɔˈʃɨ] Rhymes: -ɨ Hyphenation: po‧xy === Noun === poxy (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute moxy) malice; evilness Synonym: memûã awkwardness dishonesty uselessness ugliness (derogatory) bastard; villain Synonym: muru (of food) decay; deterioration Synonym: tuîuka === Adjective === 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 ==== === Adverb === poxy badly abjectly; evilly Synonym: memûã awkwardly === Interjection === poxy! hell; damn (expressing discontent, unhappiness, or anger) === Derived terms === === Descendants === Nheengatu: puxí === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (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