coxy
1 of 2adjective
ˈkäksi
variants or cocksy
-er/-est
British
: conceited, impudent, arrogant
coxy
2 of 2noun
variants or less commonly coxey
ˈkäksē
plural coxies also coxeys
: avian coccidiosis
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
alteration of cocks, plural of cock entry 1 (in the phrase cocks of the game fighting cocks) + -y
Noun
modification of New Latin coccidiosis
- heat haze
- heat hyperpyrexia
- heat island
- heat lamp
- heat lightning
- heat of adsorption
- heat of condensation
- heat of decomposition
- heat of dilution
- heat of dissociation
- heat of formation
- heat of fusion
- heat of hydration
- heat of ionization
- heat of neutralization
- heat of reaction
- heat of solution
- heat of sublimation
- heat of transition
- heat of vaporization
- heat of wetting
- heat pipe
- heat pump
- heat rash
- heat ray