- fyxe
- f (-an/-an) she-fox, vixen
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vixenishness — vix·en (vĭk’sən) n. 1) A female fox. 2) A woman regarded as quarrelsome or ill tempered. ╂ [From dialectal alteration of Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe.] vix’en·ish adj. vix’en·ish·ly adv. vix’en·ish·ness n. Word History: In the… … Word Histories
vixen — noun Etymology: Middle English (southern dialect) *vixen, alteration of Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe, feminine of fox Date: 1590 1. a shrewish ill tempered woman 2. a female fox • vixenish adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
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vixen — vixenish, vixenly, adj. /vik seuhn/, n. 1. a female fox. 2. an ill tempered or quarrelsome woman. [1375 1425; late ME (south); r. earlier fixen, ME (north), for OE fyxe, fem. of fox FOX (cf. fyxen (adj.) pertaining to a fox, OHG fuhsin (n.)… … Universalium
vixen — vix|en [ˈvıksən] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: fixen vixen (15 18 centuries), from Old English fyxe vixen , from fox] 1.) a female ↑fox 2.) literary an offensive word for a woman who is bad tempered or who fights … Dictionary of contemporary English
vixen — [15] The only Old English word on record for a ‘female fox’ is fyxe. Fixene first appears in the late Middle English period. It was formed using the suffix en, denoting ‘female’. This was once quite common – Old English had biren ‘female bear’,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
vixen — vix•en [[t]ˈvɪk sən[/t]] n. 1) mam a female fox 2) sex an ill tempered or quarrelsome woman • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME (south); r. earlier fixen, ME (north), for OE fyxe, fem. of fox fox (cf. OHG fuhsin vixen) vix′en•ish, vix′en•ly, adj … From formal English to slang
vixen — /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… …
vixen — [15] The only Old English word on record for a ‘female fox’ is fyxe. Fixene first appears in the late Middle English period. It was formed using the suffix en, denoting ‘female’. This was once quite common – Old English had biren ‘female bear’,… … Word origins
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
