Vixen: a definition

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vixen |?v?ks(?)n| noun a female fox. • a spiteful or quarrelsome woman.

DERIVATIVES vixenish adjective ORIGIN late 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.
 
Strongbeau said:
That's a bit archaic.
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I like that definition better.

The English language is dynamic and constantly changing. But every "credible" source I consulted kept with the female fox or bitchy woman theme.


An interesting choise of words for a new agency.