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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hoi en · INTJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch hoi.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hoy, hey! a call to gain someone's attention.
    alt of hoy
    • A hollow groan, unlike anything she had ever heard in her life, came from the front, followed by a shout of "Hoi, there!" 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 55:

Relateds

hoi polloi · hoi toider