VIXEN


Meaning of VIXEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvik-sən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English (southern dialect) * vixen, alteration of Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe, feminine of fox

Date: 1590

1. : a shrewish ill-tempered woman

2. : a female fox

• vix·en·ish -s(ə-)nish adjective

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