doxy

Meaning

Noun

• A sweetheart; a prostitute or a mistress.
• A defined opinion.
• Short form of doxycycline
• A dachshund.

Related

Similar words

• paramour

Origin

• Perhaps from Middle Dutch *doketje, diminutive of Middle Dutch docke, from Proto-Germanic *dokko, related to *dukkǭ. Cognate with Low German dokke, Saterland Frisian dok, dokke, Swedish docka.
• From -doxy in orthodoxy, heterodoxy, etc.
• Clipping. From deoxy-.
• -y.