doxy

Meaning

A sweetheart; a prostitute or a mistress.

Synonyms

paramour

concubine

courtesan

beggar-woman

odalisque

beggar woman

mistress

wench

female slave

kept woman

bondmaid

secondary wife

fancy woman

floozy

inamorata

opinion

prostitute

rogue

Translations

Konkubine

metres

odalisque

concubina

odalisca

cariye

doktrin

courtisane

Mätresse

Kurtisane

concubina

cortesã

Dirne

concubine

cortigiana

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɒksi/

Etymology

Cognate with Low German: dokke

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: dok

Cognate with Swedish: docka

In summary

Perhaps from Middle Dutch *doketje, diminutive of Middle Dutch docke (“a doll”), from Proto-Germanic *dokko (“something round”), related to *dukkǭ (“muscle, strength”). Cognate with Low German dokke (“doll”), Saterland Frisian dok, dokke (“a doll”), Swedish docka (“doll, puppet”).