English Explanatory Dictionary

hox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of homeobox.
verb
  1. To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
noun
  1. hypohalous acid

Word forms

hox hoxes hoxing hoxed

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.

Synonyms

hamstring hock hough

Derived words

hox gene
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