FOXINESS

craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

foxiness (uncountable)

The characteristic or quality of being foxy

Source: Wiktionary


Fox"i*ness, n.

1. The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.

2. The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.

3. A coarse and sour taste in grapes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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