Antonyms for moxie
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mok-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒk si |
Definition of moxie
Origin :- "courage," 1930, from Moxie, brand name of a bitter, non-alcoholic drink, 1885, perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve;" despite legendary origin stories put out by the company that made it, it is perhaps ultimately from a New England Indian word (it figures in river and lake names in Maine, where it is apparently from Abenaki and means "dark water"). Much-imitated in its day; in 1917 the Moxie Company won an infringement suit against a competitor's beverage marketed as "Proxie."
- noun courage
- The woods about Moxie Lake were literally carpeted with Linna.
- Extract from : « Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers » by John Burroughs
- Trout weighing four and five pounds have been taken at Moxie, but none of that size came to our hand.
- Extract from : « Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers » by John Burroughs
- I had never before seen or heard this bird, and its loud cackle in the woods about Moxie was a new sound to me.
- Extract from : « Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers » by John Burroughs
Synonyms for moxie
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