word-forming element meaning "oblique," before vowels lox-, from Greek loxos "bent to the side, slanting, oblique," figuratively "ambiguous," a word of uncertain origin. As in loxodromics "art of oblique sailing" (1670s).
lowness
low-profile
Lowrie
low-rise
lox
loxo-
loyal
loyalism
loyalist
loyally
loyalty
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