hox

See also: HOX

English

Noun

hox (plural hoxes)

  1. (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)

  1. (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.
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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of hoksaa (take note). Compare huom..

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoks/, [ˈho̞ks̠]
  • Rhymes: -oks
  • Syllabification(key): hox

Interjection

hox (colloquial)

  1. Synonym of huom. (NB, take note).

Usage notes

  • Usually written without a dot, despite abbreviations requiring one in standard written Finnish.

Middle English

Noun

hox

  1. Alternative form of oxe

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian հող (hoġ). Doublet of xwelî.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːx/

Noun

hox m (Arabic spelling هۆخ)

  1. plowed field
    Synonym: beyar

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 264
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