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oxi

/ˈɔçi/

oxi interjection: no.

Interjection

  1. (In Greek contexts) no.
    • But the Greek archaeological committee met on the site, looked at our plans, and said, "Oxi, we will not approve anything that looks like the Roman approach to this sacred Greek temple."1961, Report of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings
    • Whereas in 1945, the mainland Greeks said OXI to foreign troops entering their country, in 2004 the GCs were saying OXI to foreign troops leaving their country.2008, Harry Anastasiou, The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus. Volume Two, Nationalism Versus Europeanization, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page...

Noun

oxi (uncountable)

  1. (slang) cocaine paste

Origin of oxi

Orthographic borrowing from Greek όχι (óchi), based on the typographic similarity.

Questions about oxi

What does oxi mean?
Oxi means no.
What part of speech is oxi?
Oxi can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce oxi?
Oxi is pronounced /ˈɔçi/.

Words near oxi in the dictionary

  1. oxhides
  2. oxhind
  3. oxhinds
  4. oxhorn
  5. oxhorns
  6. oxi
  7. oxi-
  8. oxia
  9. oxiae
  10. oxiapoptophagy
  11. oxibendazole

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