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Foxworthy

Foxworthy proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Foxworthy (plural Foxworthys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Foxworthy

pluralFoxworthys

Origin of Foxworthy

A habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Lustleigh, Devon, from the Old English personal name *Færoc + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).

Questions about Foxworthy

What does Foxworthy mean?
Foxworthy means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Foxworthy?
Foxworthy is a proper noun.

Words near Foxworthy in the dictionary

  1. foxtrotting
  2. Foxwell
  3. Foxwells
  4. Foxworth
  5. Foxworths
  6. Foxworthy
  7. Foxworthys
  8. Foxx
  9. Foxxes
  10. foxxo
  11. foxxos

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