vixen

== English == === Alternative forms === fixen, vixon (obsolete) === Etymology === Alteration of earlier fixen, from Middle English fixen, fixene, from Old English *fyxen (compare also Old English fyxe (“female fox”)), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī; the voiced v- comes from the Southern dialectal forms of Middle English. Alternatively, from the Old English adjective fyxen (“of the fox”), as in the phrase fixen hȳd (“fox skin”; compare Middle English foxen fox). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪk.sən/ Rhymes: -ɪksən, -ɪksɪn === Noun === vixen (plural vixens) A female fox. Synonyms: she-fox (rare), foxess (rare) A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. [from late 16th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shrew (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman who is sexually attractive; any attractive woman. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman, Thesaurus:vamp Hyponym: silver vixen (colloquial) A wife who has sex with other men with her husband's consent. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (female fox): dog-fox, reynard, tod (male fox) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bull cuckold cuckquean stag === References === === Anagrams === invex