poxy

English

Alternative forms

• poxie

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pox

English -y

English poxy

From pox + -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒk.si/
• Rhymes: -ɒksi

Adjective

poxy (comparative poxier, superlative poxiest)

1. (medicine) Suffering from pox.
2. (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.”

3. (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)

1. malice; evilness

   Synonym: memûã

2. awkwardness
3. dishonesty
4. uselessness
5. ugliness
6. (derogatory) bastard; villain

   Synonym: muru

7. (of food) decay; deterioration

   Synonym: tuîuka

Adjective

poxy (noun form poxy)

1. (derogatory) abject; evil

   Synonym: memûã

2. (derogatory) disgusting; gross; repulsive
3. (derogatory) dishonest
4. (derogatory) ugly; misshapen
5. (of food) spoiled; rotten; deteriorated

   Synonym: tuîuk

Declension

    Declension of poxy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	momoxy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i poxyba'e
-sab(a)	poxŷaba / poxysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
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

poxy

1. badly
2. abjectly; evilly

   Synonym: memûã

3. awkwardly

Interjection

poxy!

1. hell; damn (expressing discontent, unhappiness, or anger)

Derived terms

• i poxyba'e
• poxŷaba

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