dixi

English

Etymology

From Latin dixi (I have spoken.).

Interjection

dixi

  1. An utterance signifying the end of a speech.
    • 1912, Constance Garnett (translating Dostoevsky), The Brothers Karamazov, Part II, Book V, Chapter 5:
      "For if anyone has ever deserved our fires, it is Thou. To-morrow I shall burn Thee. Dixi."

Dutch

Noun

dixi m (plural dixi's, diminutive [please provide])

  1. portable toilet
    • 2024, Liz Hartevelt, Contrast[1], Ambo/Anthos, →ISBN, page 3:
      'O, we hebben net seks gehad in die dixi daar.' Hij wijst met een stalen gezicht naar een oranje wc-hokje, achter een heleboel hekken die het festival van het backstagegebied scheiden.
      'Oh, we just had sex in that portable toilet over there.' With a stern face he points to an orange portable toilet, behind a bunch of fences that separate the festival from the backstage area.

Latin

Etymology

The base is derived from the Proto-Italic verb *deikesi, more specifically the aorist, which has the base deiks-. Displaced the original perfect, *dedikai, which would have yielded *didicī.

Pronunciation

Verb

dīxī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō