doxy
Set of beliefs
Doxy has two distinct origins.
One means a mistress or prostitute—an archaic term for a kept woman or loose female companion: The sailor returned to port and his doxy.
The other is informal shorthand for doxycycline, an antibiotic: The doctor put me on doxy for the infection.
Context usually makes clear which is meant.
mistress
Lover in secret affair
- concubineSecondary female partner
- kept womanSupported female companion
- loverRomantic intimate
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
opinion
Trust held as true
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- convictionFirmly held belief
doctrine · dogma · tenet · creed · ideology · philosophy · notion · thinking
paramour
Lover in secret affair
- concubineSecondary female partner
- kept womanSupported female companion
- loverRomantic intimate
courtesan · sweetheart · inamorata · ladylove
belief
Trust held as true
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
conviction · doctrine · dogma · tenet · creed · ideology · philosophy · notion · thinking · judgment
paradox, unorthodox, orthodox, orthodoxy, paradoxical, heterodox, heterodoxy, paradoxically, doxology