VIXEN

vixen

(noun) a female fox

vixen, harpy, hellcat

(noun) a malicious woman with a fierce temper

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vixen (plural vixens)

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.

Synonyms

• (malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman): See Thesaurus:shrew

• (racy or salacious woman): See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Hypernyms

• (female fox): fox

Anagrams

• invex

Etymology

Proper noun

Vixen

The fourth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

(Santa Claus's reindeer):

• Dasher

• Dancer

• Prancer

• Comet

• Cupid

• Donner

• Blitzen

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Anagrams

• invex

Source: Wiktionary


Vix"en, n. Etym: [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.]

1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow. She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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