Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moxa

/ˈmɑksə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: moxa
IPA: /ˈmɑksə/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any other substance used in moxibustion.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And thereupon she burned with her Moxa (of which hereafter) on my feet and knees, (to my best remembrance) about twenty little Escars, which looked like lit∣tle gray specks, without raising any blisters, or causing any after-pain; whereupon also all the pain of the Gout vanish’d."
"Moxa is celebrated in the eastern countries, for preventing and curing many disorders, by being burnt on the skin: a little cone of moxa, laid on the part previously moistened, and set on fire at top, burns down with a temperate glowing heat, and produces a dark coloured spot, the exulceration of which is promoted by applying a little garlic, and the ulcer either healed up when the eschar separates, or kept running for a length of time, as different circumstances may require."

Etymology

From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɑksə/
British English: /ˈmɒksə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

moxas (plural)

Derived Forms

moxibustion

Rhymes With

doxa coxa

Questions

How do you pronounce moxa?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑksə/.
What does moxa mean?: A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
Where does moxa come from?: From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.

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