noun
doxy
Doxy (noun) means a girlfriend, a prostitute, or a woman kept as a mistress.
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A girlfriend, a prostitute, or a woman kept as a mistress.
"Do you think the writer of Antony and Cleopatra, a passionate pilgrim, had his eyes in the back of his head that he chose the ugliest doxy in all Warwickshire to lie withal?"
— James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
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Etymology
Perhaps derives from Middle Dutch *doketje, a diminutive of Middle Dutch docke (“a doll”), from Proto-Germanic *dokko (“something round”), related to *dukkǭ (“muscle, strength”). It is cognate with Low German dokke (“doll”), Saterland Frisian dok, dokke (“a doll”), and Swedish docka (“doll, puppet”).
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What is the meaning of doxy?
"doxy" (noun) means a girlfriend, a prostitute, or a woman kept as a mistress.
What is another word for doxy?
Other words for "doxy" include paramour, courtesan, concubine.
