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vixenishly
Variant of vixen
vixen
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vixen (vik′sən)
noun
- a female fox
- an ill-tempered, shrewish, or malicious woman
Etymology: ME (southern dial.) fixen < OE fyxe, she-fox (or fyxen, adj., of a fox) < fox, fox
Related Forms:
- vixenish vix′·en·ish adjective
- vixenishly vix′·en·ishly adverb
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