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vixen | vixenlike |

As a noun vixen

is a female fox.

As an adjective vixenlike is

resembling or characteristic of a vixen.

vixen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female fox.
  • A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
  • * 1859: , . Adam Bede : page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999:
    • . . . 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.
  • (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.

    • Synonyms

    * (female fox) female fox * bitch, virago, she-devil, hellcat * (racy or salacious woman) fox, sex kitten, nymphomaniac, vamp

    Hypernyms

    * (female fox) fox

    vixenlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a vixen.