a vixen is a female fox

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• vixen — [[t]vɪ̱ks(ə)n[/t]] vixens N COUNT A vixen is a female fox …   English dictionary

• Vixen — can refer to:* A female fox, or* Vixen 357, a Japanese Sega Mega Drive strategy game * A shrewish, ill tempered or spiteful woman; a virago * An attractive woman who often takes advantage of men * A 1976 album by soul singer Gloria Jones * Vixen… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [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

• 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

• fox — n. 1) an arctic, white; desert; red; silver fox 2) a fox yelps 3) a young fox is a cub, pup 4) a female fox is a vixen 5) (misc.) as sly as a fox * * * [fɒks] desert pup red silver fox …   Combinatory dictionary

• 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 — [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 — 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 — 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