Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxter

/ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ox-ter
IPA: /ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]"
"‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter.’"
"They oxter him into the building."

Etymology

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). See also axis and axon.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *oxtere, ōxta, *ahslu, *ahslō, *h₂eḱs-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

oxters (plural) oxters (present, singular) oxtering (participle, present) oxtered (participle, past) oxtered (past)

Derived Forms

oxtercog

Synonyms

armpit axilla underarm armhole

Questions

How do you pronounce oxter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/.
What does oxter mean?: The armpit.
Where does oxter come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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