Noxn.¹

Brit.

/nɒks/, U.S.

/nɑks/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nox.

Etymology: < classical Latin Nox, personification of nox night (see nocti- comb. form).In English Nox is usually personified as feminine, following Latin gender.

Chiefly literary and poetic.

Night. Frequently figurative in personifications.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun]

nighteOE

nightertalec1300

darkc1400

nightertimec1425

night-timec1430

night-tidea1500

night-season1530

darkmans?1536

Nox1567

moonshine1652

darkie?1738

the watches of the night1826

nite1928

bat-flight1934

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 122 Forging doolefull plaintes that Nox hath runne hir race.

a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) iv. sig. F3^v Darksome Nox had spred about the earth Her blackish mantle.

1595 R. Parry Moderatus i. 8 The beautifull Phoebus had (for very pitie) hidden his bright and shining countenance, vnder the darke vayle of Dame Nox her clowdie mantell.

?a1625 T. Blenerhasset Parts added to Mirror for Magistrates (1946) 456 And Nox the earth with darkenesse did impale.

1639 R. Zouch Sophister iv. iii It would do excellent, Nox & Amor, Darknesse and Drunknesse, Blindnesse and Love, are ever well macht.

1719 ‘J. Gay’ Ovid in Masquerade 3 Nox, that black Gypsie, could not screen 'em, But each Man here full oft has seen 'em.

a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 441 Nurs'd in a furnace, Nox and Neptune's child.

1810 Sim in R. Ford Harp Perthshire (1893) 95 Nox had spread his sable sark Owre the Creation.

1844 T. Carlyle Let. in Westm. Gaz. (1901) 12 Aug. All books ever written upon him..belong to the realm of Nox and Erebus.

a1912 A. Lang Ballade of Lit. Fame in Poet. Wks. (1923) I. vii. 183 They have passed to oblivion and nox, They have fled to the shadowy shore.

1926 T. H. Ferril Bob Ford in Attica in High Passage 19 Who prayed at shrines like simple folks To Nemesis, dread child of Nox.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

NOXn.²

Brit.

/nɒks/, U.S.

/nɑks/

Forms: 1900s– NOX, 1900s– NOx, 1900s– Nox.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English NOx.

Etymology: < NO_x, chemical formula representing oxides of nitrogen < N , chemical symbol for nitrogen + O , chemical symbol for oxygen + x , indicating an unspecified number of oxygen atoms in the molecule (compare X n. 3).

Science.

Oxides of nitrogen, esp. considered as atmospheric pollutants.Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) are the principal pollutants.

ΚΠ

1962 Analyt. Chem. 34 987/2 (caption) Comparison of NO_x methods for exhaust analysis.]

1973 Managem. Sci. 19 1115 There is no assurance today that NOx emissions from the conventional internal combustion engine can be brought down, at any tolerable price, to levels that will be acceptable in the long run.

1985 New Scientist 5 Dec. 32/2 NOX may combine with hydrocarbons from vehicle exhausts and chemical works to form ozone.

1990 Sunday Tel. 3 June 19/2 US studies have also identified Nox as a likely cause of cancer.

2000 Freight Jan. 20/3 Running an engine hot gets down the particulate emissions, but increases the NOX output.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nox
释义	Noxn.¹ Brit. /nɒks/, U.S. /nɑks/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nox. Etymology: < classical Latin Nox, personification of nox night (see nocti- comb. form).In English Nox is usually personified as feminine, following Latin gender. Chiefly literary and poetic. Night. Frequently figurative in personifications. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] nighteOE nightertalec1300 darkc1400 nightertimec1425 night-timec1430 night-tidea1500 night-season1530 darkmans?1536 Nox1567 moonshine1652 darkie?1738 the watches of the night1826 nite1928 bat-flight1934 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 122 Forging doolefull plaintes that Nox hath runne hir race. a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) iv. sig. F3^v Darksome Nox had spred about the earth Her blackish mantle. 1595 R. Parry Moderatus i. 8 The beautifull Phoebus had (for very pitie) hidden his bright and shining countenance, vnder the darke vayle of Dame Nox her clowdie mantell. ?a1625 T. Blenerhasset Parts added to Mirror for Magistrates (1946) 456 And Nox the earth with darkenesse did impale. 1639 R. Zouch Sophister iv. iii It would do excellent, Nox & Amor, Darknesse and Drunknesse, Blindnesse and Love, are ever well macht. 1719 ‘J. Gay’ Ovid in Masquerade 3 Nox, that black Gypsie, could not screen 'em, But each Man here full oft has seen 'em. a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 441 Nurs'd in a furnace, Nox and Neptune's child. 1810 Sim in R. Ford Harp Perthshire (1893) 95 Nox had spread his sable sark Owre the Creation. 1844 T. Carlyle Let. in Westm. Gaz. (1901) 12 Aug. All books ever written upon him..belong to the realm of Nox and Erebus. a1912 A. Lang Ballade of Lit. Fame in Poet. Wks. (1923) I. vii. 183 They have passed to oblivion and nox, They have fled to the shadowy shore. 1926 T. H. Ferril Bob Ford in Attica in High Passage 19 Who prayed at shrines like simple folks To Nemesis, dread child of Nox. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). NOXn.² Brit. /nɒks/, U.S. /nɑks/ Forms: 1900s– NOX, 1900s– NOx, 1900s– Nox. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English NOx. Etymology: < NO_x, chemical formula representing oxides of nitrogen < N , chemical symbol for nitrogen + O , chemical symbol for oxygen + x , indicating an unspecified number of oxygen atoms in the molecule (compare X n. 3). Science. Oxides of nitrogen, esp. considered as atmospheric pollutants.Nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) are the principal pollutants. ΚΠ 1962 Analyt. Chem. 34 987/2 (caption) Comparison of NO_x methods for exhaust analysis.] 1973 Managem. Sci. 19 1115 There is no assurance today that NOx emissions from the conventional internal combustion engine can be brought down, at any tolerable price, to levels that will be acceptable in the long run. 1985 New Scientist 5 Dec. 32/2 NOX may combine with hydrocarbons from vehicle exhausts and chemical works to form ozone. 1990 Sunday Tel. 3 June 19/2 US studies have also identified Nox as a likely cause of cancer. 2000 Freight Jan. 20/3 Running an engine hot gets down the particulate emissions, but increases the NOX output. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1567n.²1973
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