Vixenish

  • 71vixen — UK [ˈvɪks(ə)n] / US [ˈvɪksən] noun [countable] Word forms vixen : singular vixen plural vixens a female fox I, 1) Derived word: vixenish adjective …

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  • 72vixen — /ˈvɪksən / (say viksuhn) noun 1. a female fox. 2. an ill tempered or quarrelsome woman; a spitfire. {Southern British dialect, variant of Middle English fixen female fox, from Old English fyxe} –vixenish, vixenly, adjective –vixenishly, adverb… …

  • 73vixen — ► NOUN 1) a female fox. 2) a spiteful or quarrelsome woman. DERIVATIVES vixenish adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from an Old English word meaning «of a fox» …

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  • 74vixen — [vik′sən] n. [ME (southern dial.) fixen < OE fyxe, she fox (or fyxen, adj., of a fox) < fox,FOX] 1. a female fox 2. an ill tempered, shrewish, or malicious woman vixenish adj. vixenishly adv …

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  • 75vixen — n. 1 a female fox. 2 a spiteful or quarrelsome woman. Derivatives: vixenish adj. vixenly adj. Etymology: ME fixen f. OE, fem. of FOX …

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  • 76vixenishly — adverb see vixenish …

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  • 77vixenishness — noun see vixenish …

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