"boxen" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more boxen [comparative], most boxen [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒksən Etymology: From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boxen}} Middle English boxen, {{m|enm|bixen}} bixen, {{inh|en|ang|byxen||made of boxwood}} Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), {{suffix|en|box|en|id2=made of}} box + -en Head templates: {{en-adj}} boxen (comparative more boxen, superlative most boxen)
  1. Made of boxwood.
    Sense id: en-boxen-en-adj-VqFPDwtD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (made of) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 1 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (made of): 100 0
  2. Resembling box (the wood).
    Sense id: en-boxen-en-adj-IWZmABjB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Rhymes: -ɒksən Etymology: From box (“computer”) + -en (archaic plural suffix), by analogy with VAXen. Etymology templates: {{af|en|box|-en|gloss1=computer|id1=computer|id2=plural noun|pos2=archaic plural suffix}} box (“computer”) + -en (archaic plural suffix), {{m|en|VAXen}} VAXen Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} boxen
  1. (nonstandard, humorous) plural of box (“computer”) Tags: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, plural Form of: box (extra: computer) Related terms: VAXen
    Sense id: en-boxen-en-noun-k66LB9hJ Categories (other): English plurals in -en, English terms suffixed with -en (plural noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (plural noun): 43 1 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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