coxyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒksi/, U.S.

/ˈkɑksi/

Forms: 1700s– coxy, 1800s cocksie, 1800s cocksy.

Etymology: Apparently < cock n.¹ + -sy suffix². Compare tricksy adj. and later cocky adj. 2.

Now rare (in later use chiefly British Public School slang).

Self-important, arrogant; brash, cheeky, impudent. Cf. cocky adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]

crousea1400

crank1499

cockish1551

forward1561

forthyc1565

forthputting?1577

perching1579

perk1579

perking?1584

officious1596

pratchant1596

putting-forth1621

obtrusive1652

petulcous1661

pushing1682

coxy1728

cocky1768

bumptious1801

furthy1808

upsetting1817

perky1820

self-asserting1821

protrusive1841

self-assertive1849

aggressive1855

self-assertory1867

perkisha1870

pushful1871

pushy1874

forritsome1894

chesty1900

1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 186 Yon little coxy Wight, that makes sic Wark With Tongue and Gate.

1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 211 More blustering and cocksy.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 202 He's the coxiest young blackguard in the house.

1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 479 They wouldn't believe me; they said I was coxy about it.

2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 43/1 The only people [at this posh Knightsbridge bar] who won't know that ‘coxy’ is public-school slang for ‘stuck-up’ are the East European couple manning the bar and the occasional lackey popping in for a lager.

Derivatives

ˈcoxiness n. self-importance, arrogance; brashness, impudence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun]

spritec1540

forwardnessa1616

perkinga1624

petulcity1628

perknessa1640

furthinessa1658

outbearing1740

self-assertion1805

bumptiousness1834

cockiness1841

perkiness1847

self-assertiveness1855

coxiness1859

forthputting1861

assertiveness1881

pushingness1881

aggression1889

pushfulness1897

pushiness1898

chestiness1909

attitude1975

1859 J. Payn Foster Brothers viii. 129 ‘Cheek’ and ‘coxiness’.

a1917 F. C. Selous in J. G. Millais Life F. C. Selous (1918) i. 16 Though the majority of the onlookers resented what they called the ‘coxiness’ of the new boy and wanted to see him get a licking.

1988 B. Hillier Young Betjeman vii. 96 Another future film star, James Mason, was also remembered by John and Bowle in connexion with the swimming-pool: he was flung in, dressed in his dinner-jacket, for ‘coxiness’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coxy
释义	coxyadj. Brit. /ˈkɒksi/, U.S. /ˈkɑksi/ Forms: 1700s– coxy, 1800s cocksie, 1800s cocksy. Etymology: Apparently < cock n.¹ + -sy suffix². Compare tricksy adj. and later cocky adj. 2. Now rare (in later use chiefly British Public School slang). Self-important, arrogant; brash, cheeky, impudent. Cf. cocky adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 186 Yon little coxy Wight, that makes sic Wark With Tongue and Gate. 1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 211 More blustering and cocksy. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 202 He's the coxiest young blackguard in the house. 1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 479 They wouldn't believe me; they said I was coxy about it. 2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 43/1 The only people [at this posh Knightsbridge bar] who won't know that ‘coxy’ is public-school slang for ‘stuck-up’ are the East European couple manning the bar and the occasional lackey popping in for a lager. Derivatives ˈcoxiness n. self-importance, arrogance; brashness, impudence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [noun] spritec1540 forwardnessa1616 perkinga1624 petulcity1628 perknessa1640 furthinessa1658 outbearing1740 self-assertion1805 bumptiousness1834 cockiness1841 perkiness1847 self-assertiveness1855 coxiness1859 forthputting1861 assertiveness1881 pushingness1881 aggression1889 pushfulness1897 pushiness1898 chestiness1909 attitude1975 1859 J. Payn Foster Brothers viii. 129 ‘Cheek’ and ‘coxiness’. a1917 F. C. Selous in J. G. Millais Life F. C. Selous (1918) i. 16 Though the majority of the onlookers resented what they called the ‘coxiness’ of the new boy and wanted to see him get a licking. 1988 B. Hillier Young Betjeman vii. 96 Another future film star, James Mason, was also remembered by John and Bowle in connexion with the swimming-pool: he was flung in, dressed in his dinner-jacket, for ‘coxiness’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1728
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