Antonyms for doxy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dok-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɒk si


Definition of doxy

Origin :
  • "rogue's girlfriend," 1520s, slang, of unknown origin (cf. dell (2)). Liberman says it is probably from Low German dokke "doll," "with the deterioration of meaning from 'sweetheart' and 'wench' to 'whore.'"
  • As in paramour : noun lover
  • As in mistress : noun ladylove
  • As in broad : noun a woman
  • As in wench : noun loose woman
  • As in bawd : noun prostitute
  • As in faith : noun belief in a higher being; community of believers
  • As in floozy : noun sexually promiscuous woman
Example sentences :
  • Steve Webster was driving Doxy Morton in his mother's buggy.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • And so it is with me, bully boy, saving that my doxy cometh not.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • It was so bad, they said, that there was not the least glimmer of any doxy whatever left about it.
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
  • She is the doxy in "The Jolly Beggars," sitting on the soldier's lap.
  • Extract from : « George Cruikshank » by W. H. Chesson
  • "Orthodoxy is my doxy and Heterodoxy your doxy," is a saying which has been attributed to him as his own.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
  • And just now you flew into a pet because you fancied Johanna heard him call you Doxy.
  • Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • His orthodoxy was his doxy, and he cared very little for the doxy of any other man or set of men.
  • Extract from : « The Memories of Fifty Years » by William H. Sparks
  • Mr. Tal- mage, true to the fawning, cringing spirit of ortho- doxy, lauds the living queen and cruelly maligns the genius dead.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • Then let them know that if they attempt to hinder our sailing hence, we'll hang the doxy first and fight for it after.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Orthodoxy, it has been said, is my doxy; heterodoxy is other people's doxy; but paradoxy is the devil's doxy.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various

Synonyms for doxy

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