Poxy

//ˈpɒk.si// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suffering from pox.
  2. 2
    Sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad. figuratively

    "Being a pop star means its goodbye to starving in a poxy garret."

  3. 3
    Unimportant, worthless. UK, derogatory, slang

Example

More examples

""Tom's completely lost his rag because of some poxy thing." "Oh, you shouldn't take it personally. He'll calm down. It's just stress.""

Etymology

From pox + -y.

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