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noun
1.
a female fox.
2.
an ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (south); replacing earlier fixen, Middle English (north), for Old English fyxe, feminine of fox fox (compare fyxen (adj.) pertaining to a fox, Old High German fuhsin (noun) vixen)
1375–1425; late Middle English (south); replacing earlier fixen, Middle English (north), for Old English fyxe, feminine of fox fox (compare fyxen (adj.) pertaining to a fox, Old High German fuhsin (noun) vixen)
Related forms
vix·en·ish, vix·en·ly, adjective
Synonyms
2. shrew, scold, virago, harpy, termagant.
2. shrew, scold, virago, harpy, termagant.
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Vixen
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- And the idea that she could be the greedy and ruthless little vixen that is finally revealed is hard to believe.
- Kelly makes the difficult transition from vixen to insecure crybaby entirely credible.
- So it isn't long before the vixen is setting a boat on fire and having her brother-in-law swim out to save her.
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Word Origin & History
vixen
O.E. *fyxen (implied in adj. fyxan), fem. of fox (see 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 "monk;" wlyfen "she-wolf"). The fig. sense "ill-tempered
EXPANDwoman" is attested from 1575. The spelling shift from -f- to -v- began late 1500s (see V).
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