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foxy
[ fok-see ]
adjective
- foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
- yellowish or reddish brown, as of the color of the common red fox.
- Slang.
- sexually appealing; attractive.
- stylish; modish:
a foxy outfit.
- exciting and appealing, as a place, entertainment, or the like.
- discolored or foxed:
pages of a book that had become foxy.
- (of a wine) having the pronounced flavor natural to native American grape varieties, as that of fox grapes or of Concord or Catawba grapes.
- (especially of a painting) having excessively warm tones; containing too much red.
foxy
/ ˈfɒksɪ /
adjective
- of or resembling a fox, esp in craftiness
- smelling strongly like a fox
- of a reddish-brown colour
- (of paper, wood, etc) spotted, esp by mildew
- (of wine) having the flavour of fox grapes
- (of oats) having a musty smell as a result of getting wet, fermenting, and drying out
- slang.sexy; sexually attractive
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Derived Forms
- ˈfoxily, adverb
- ˈfoxiness, noun
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Other Words From
- foxi·ly adverb
- foxi·ness noun
- un·foxy adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of foxy1
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Example Sentences
Pig [growling sotto voce behind his hand, mock-furtive as a Disneyland Foxy Loxy]: Take 35 percent off the top and split!
An adult-entertainment company wants Foxy Knoxy to take a paltry sum of money to extend her 15 minutes of infamy.
Vines that grow native in America (vitis labrusca, among others) are known for “foxy” or musky aromas and flavors.
Winston Ross and Barbie Latza Nadeau on Foxy Knoxy's next act.
According to one report, the foxy feminist supports a Facebook group called “Men Should Wear the Veil.”
The game did not work, for no man can both make and accept an offer at the same time, and that is what the foxy uncle tried to do.
In this foxy nature the wolf was not wanting, and under strong impulse he could be somewhat of a Pizarro.
"Good-bye, sir," he said as he went away, for he knew Foxy Braxted really rather liked him.
"Now the foxy little thing wants to incline mother to be comforted by pretending to pity them," Kurt declared.
"That's where you are sensible," declared the man with the foxy face.
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