vixen

vixen
a) A female fox.

. . . and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a contiunal dropping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish.


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  • Vixen — Vix en, n. [AS. fixen a she fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See {Fox}.] 1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A cross, ill tempered person; formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow. [1913 Webster] She was a vixen… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vixen — (n.) O.E. *fyxen (implied in adjective fyxan), fem. of fox (see FOX (Cf. fox), and Cf. M.H.G. vühsinne, Ger. füchsin). Solitary English survival of the Germanic feminine suffix en, in (Cf. O.E. gyden goddess; mynecen nun, from munuc …   Etymology dictionary

  • vixen — shrew, scold, termagant, *virago, amazon …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vixen — [n] foxy person cat, dragon, harpy, harridan, hellcat, she devil, shrew, termagant, virago, witch, Xanthippe; concept 412 …   New thesaurus

  • vixen — ► 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» …   English terms dictionary

  • vixen — [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 …   English World dictionary

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