vixen
noun/ˈvɪksn/
/ˈvɪksn/
- a female fox (= a wild animal of the dog family)Topics Animalsc2
- (old-fashioned, offensive) an offensive word for a woman who is thought to be frightening, especially one who is considered sexually attractive
Word Originlate Middle English fixen, perhaps from the Old English adjective fyxen ‘of a fox’. The v- is from the form of the word in southern English dialect.
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