vixen
English
/ˈvɪk.sən/
noun
Definitions
- A female fox.
- A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
- (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.
- (colloquial) A wife who has sex with other men with her husband's consent.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fixen inherited from Old English fyxen inherited from *fuhsini affix from English fox.
Origin
English
fox
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Foxtrap English
- antifox English
- fix English
- fox English
- fox cub English
- fox's foot English
- foxberry English
- foxcore English
- foxery English
- foxface English
- foxfire English
- foxfish English
- foxglove English
- foxhole English
- foxhood English
- foxhound English
- foxhunt English
- foxhunter English
- foxie English
- foxish English
- foxless English
- foxlike English
- foxling English
- foxly English
- foxproof English
- foxship English
- foxshit English
- foxskin English
- foxtail English
- foxtrot English
- foxy English
- outfox English
- supervixen English
- vixenhood English
- vixenish English
- vixenishly English
- vixenishness English
- vixenlike English
- vixenly English
- vixeny English
- werefox English
- Fuchs German
- Füchsin German
- フォックス Japanese
- fox Old English
- fyxen Old English
- fixen Middle English
- fox Middle English
- *fixer Old French
- *fuhsinna Old High German
- foxo Ido
- vühsinne Middle High German
- *fuhsini gmw-pro
- pōkiha Maori
- fix
- fox
- foxy
- foxie
- foxly
- vixeny
- outfox
- foxish
- foxery
- antifox
- werefox
- foxhole
- foxskin
- foxfire
- foxfish
- foxless
- foxlike
- foxface
- fox cub
- vixenly
- foxship
- foxshit
- foxling
- foxtrot
- foxhood
- foxcore
- Foxtrap
- foxtail
- foxhunt
- vixenish
- foxglove
- foxberry
- foxhound
- foxproof
- vixenlike
- vixenhood
- foxhunter
- supervixen
- fox's foot
- vixenishly
- vixenishness