Foxworthy

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

UncommonScrabble 28

Meanings

proper nounFoxworthy (plural Foxworthys)

plural Foxworthys

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

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

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APA

Foxworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxworthy

MLA

“Foxworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxworthy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Foxworthy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxworthy.

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