Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: hox
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of homeobox.

verb

To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

hypohalous acid

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To bide upon't: thou art not honest; or / If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward, / Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining / From course required."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hoxen, hōhsinu, *hą̄hasinu, *hanhasinwō

Usage

Inflected Forms

hoxes (plural) hoxes (present, singular) hoxing (participle, present) hoxed (participle, past) hoxed (past)

Phrases

hox gene

Synonyms

hamstring hock hough

Questions

What does hox mean?: Abbreviation of homeobox.
Where does hox come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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