doxy
1 Americannoun
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doxies
plural
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opinion; doctrine.
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religious views.
noun
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doxies
plural
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an immoral or sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
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a mistress.
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of doxy1
First recorded in 1720–30; extracted from heterodoxy, orthodoxy
Origin of doxy2
First recorded in 1520–30; of obscure origin
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In June 2024, the CDC officially recommended doxy PEP for men who have sex with men and transgender women to treat syphilis, chlamydia or gonorrhea.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
However, many health departments had already started offering doxy PEP due to the overwhelmingly positive response it showed in clinical trials, reducing chlamydia and gonorrhea by 70% and 50%, respectively.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
Officials call the treatment doxy PEP, short for doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
"Glamour and myself are virtually synonymous" is the sort of thing she says, just as the Sun uses terms such as "doxy" and "delightfully assured".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2012
“Ate a pound of doxy eggs for a bet.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
There is a new Instagram account started by Ms. Phillips for Duke and Coco, the clan’s doxies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014
Even Montmartre's famous dance hall, Le Moulin de la Galette, he peopled with gay, attractive couples instead of the garishly lit libertines and doxies of Toulouse-Lautrec.
From Time Magazine Archive
When one resident was asked if he expected an influx of doxies for the convention, he appeared puzzled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Morts, autem morts, walking morts, dells, doxies, kinching morts, and their coes, with all the shades and grades of the Canting Crew, were assembled.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
He can paint you anything, that Jordaens can—a drunken jollification of boors and doxies, or a martyr howling with half his skin off.
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
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