vixenn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈvɪks(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈvɪksən/

Forms: Middle English–1700s fixen (Middle English fixene), 1500s– vixen (1600s vixinge, 1700s vixin), 1600s–1700s vixon.

Etymology: representing Old English *fyxen (= Middle High German vühsinne , German füchsin ), feminine of fox fox n. Compare Old English fyxen adjective ‘of a fox’ (= Old High German fuhsîn, Middle High German vühsîn). The word is one of the few in which the southern v for f has definitely established itself.

1. The female of the fox; a she-fox.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > female

vixena1425

vix1828

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) vii Þe fixene [v.r. fixen] of þe foxe bereth as longe, as þe bicche of þe wolfe bereth hir whelpes.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence x. 334 Fixen..is the name of a shee-fox, otherwise & more anciently foxin.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vixen or Fixen, a Fox's Cub.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 270 The vixen's just now Earth'd, see here's the Hole.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Vixen,.. a she fox, who, when she has cubs, is remarkably fierce.

1828 Sporting Mag. 22 23 I must confess, I felt rather spoony upon that vixen.

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxxiii. 286 A vixen was trapped just across the field yonder.

1880 Times 2 Nov. 4/5 They are familiar as the craftiest old vixen with the country they have been born and bred in.

figurative.1705 Wycherley in Pope's Lett. (1735) I. 22 You may see a Pack of Spaniels, called Lovers, in hot Pursuit of a two-legg'd Vixen.

a. An ill-tempered quarrelsome woman; a shrew, a termagant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew

scoldc1175

shrewc1386

viragoc1386

scolder1423

common scold1467

wild cat1570

vixen1575

callet1577

termagant1578

(Long) Meg of Westminster1589

butter whore1592

cotquean1593

scrattop1593

scoldsterc1600

butter-quean1613

Xantippea1616

fury1620

Tartar1669

fish-woman1698

cross-patch1699

Whitechapel fortune1734

brimstone1751

randy1762

fish-fag1786

rantipole1790

skellata1810

skimmington1813

targer1822

skellat-bell1827

catamaran1834

nagster1873

yenta1923

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. ii. sig. Cii^v That false fixen..that counts her selfe so honest.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 325 O, when she is angry, she is keene and shrewd. She was a vixen, when she went to schoole.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. v. ii. 636 She is a foole, a nasty queane, a slut, a fixen, a scolde.

a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) v. i She's a pestilent vixen when she's angry, and as proud as Lucifer.

a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) v. 200 Those fiery Vixons, who..really do themselves embroil things, and raise miserable combustions in the world.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 11 Feb. Since they [Oxford and Cambridge] have come to Woman's Estate, they have been a couple of the arrantest Vixons that ever made Water.

1787 Minor 68 Perverseness hurried him to marry a young vixin.

1804 M. Edgeworth Contrast i, in Pop. Tales III. 3 Mrs. Bettesworth was a vain foolish vixen.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 565 ‘That may be very honourable in you’, answered the pertinacious vixen, ‘but it will be very poor comfort to the Princess.’

1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 160 His unhappy secret marriage with the foreign vixen.

in extended use.1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 136 There are the sixteen of them [sc. hinds]..quarrelling and fighting, rising perfectly upright on their hind legs,.. and striking at each other with their sharp fore hoofs. What vixens!

†b. In the phrase to play the vixen. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > behave like shrew [verb (intransitive)]

to play the vixen1596

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R2 ^v A Gentlewoman; who, howsoeuer shee scolds and playes the vixen neuer so, wilbe borne with.

1597 J. Lyly Woman in Moone i. i. (stage direct.) She playes the vixen with euery thing about her.

†c. Applied to a child or a man. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] > ill-natured person

crab1574

crab-staffa1603

hunks1602

snarler1634

cross-piecea1652

cross-patch1699

vixen1699

frump1817

catamaran1834

patch1839

crab-stick1840

hunkster1842

grump1900

wampus1912

maltalent1965

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Fixen, a froward, peevish Child.

1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus ii. 151 He's the veriest Vixin of a Stoick.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 95 Well, if that Child was mine, I'd whip it till the Blood came; Peace, you little Vixen!

Compounds

C1. attributive, passing into adj.

a. Appositive with fox, = sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > female

vixena1425

vix1828

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) vii The fixene fox whelpeth vnder þe erthe.

1845 W. Youatt Dog iv. 102 The mouth of the earth in which a vixen fox—a fox with her young ones—has taken up her abode.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 274 A little vixen fox jumping out among listless idlers of the pack.

b. Appositive, of persons, = vixenish adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective]

shrew1297

shrewda1387

scoldinga1533

shrewish?1566

cotquean-like1581

virago1598

vixena1660

termagant1668

vixenlya1677

calleting1691

rudas1802

termagantish1823

vixenish1828

a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 80 O shame of soe greate a peere, imitatinge herin the vixinge calleaghs.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. i. 4 The fury which the old vixen queen displayed.

c. Of looks, actions, etc., = vixenish adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] > characteristic of

vixen1700

vixenish1838

viragoish1887

1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 54 Pshaw, what a Vixon trick is this?

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 187 Disturbing us with his vixen brawls, and breaking God's peace and the king's.

1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells lxxix She..Castled her King with such a vixen look, It bodes ill to his Majesty.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. x. 238 Begone, for God's sake, and hide your vixen face!

C2.

vixen-faced adj.

ΚΠ

1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 10 Nervous folks still, when they come in their way, shun, Old vixen-faced tramps of the Hebrew persuasion.

vixen-visaged adj.

ΚΠ

1836 Boston (Lincs.) Herald 20 Dec. 1/6 A Mrs. Vaughton was summoned by a vixen-visaged girl, named Susan Jones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vixen
释义	vixenn.adj. Brit. /ˈvɪks(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈvɪksən/ Forms: Middle English–1700s fixen (Middle English fixene), 1500s– vixen (1600s vixinge, 1700s vixin), 1600s–1700s vixon. Etymology: representing Old English fyxen (= Middle High German vühsinne* , German füchsin ), feminine of fox fox n. Compare Old English fyxen adjective ‘of a fox’ (= Old High German fuhsîn, Middle High German vühsîn). The word is one of the few in which the southern v for f has definitely established itself. 1. The female of the fox; a she-fox. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > female vixena1425 vixena1425 vix1828 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) vii Þe fixene [v.r. fixen] of þe foxe bereth as longe, as þe bicche of þe wolfe bereth hir whelpes. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence x. 334 Fixen..is the name of a shee-fox, otherwise & more anciently foxin. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vixen or Fixen, a Fox's Cub. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 270 The vixen's just now Earth'd, see here's the Hole. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Vixen,.. a she fox, who, when she has cubs, is remarkably fierce. 1828 Sporting Mag. 22 23 I must confess, I felt rather spoony upon that vixen. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxxiii. 286 A vixen was trapped just across the field yonder. 1880 Times 2 Nov. 4/5 They are familiar as the craftiest old vixen with the country they have been born and bred in. figurative.1705 Wycherley in Pope's Lett. (1735) I. 22 You may see a Pack of Spaniels, called Lovers, in hot Pursuit of a two-legg'd Vixen. 2. a. An ill-tempered quarrelsome woman; a shrew, a termagant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew scoldc1175 shrewc1386 viragoc1386 scolder1423 common scold1467 wild cat1570 vixen1575 callet1577 termagant1578 (Long) Meg of Westminster1589 butter whore1592 cotquean1593 scrattop1593 scoldsterc1600 butter-quean1613 Xantippea1616 fury1620 Tartar1669 fish-woman1698 cross-patch1699 Whitechapel fortune1734 brimstone1751 randy1762 fish-fag1786 rantipole1790 skellata1810 skimmington1813 targer1822 skellat-bell1827 catamaran1834 nagster1873 yenta1923 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. ii. sig. Cii^v That false fixen..that counts her selfe so honest. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 325 O, when she is angry, she is keene and shrewd. She was a vixen, when she went to schoole. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. v. ii. 636 She is a foole, a nasty queane, a slut, a fixen, a scolde. a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) v. i She's a pestilent vixen when she's angry, and as proud as Lucifer. a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) v. 200 Those fiery Vixons, who..really do themselves embroil things, and raise miserable combustions in the world. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 11 Feb. Since they [Oxford and Cambridge] have come to Woman's Estate, they have been a couple of the arrantest Vixons that ever made Water. 1787 Minor 68 Perverseness hurried him to marry a young vixin. 1804 M. Edgeworth Contrast i, in Pop. Tales III. 3 Mrs. Bettesworth was a vain foolish vixen. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 565 ‘That may be very honourable in you’, answered the pertinacious vixen, ‘but it will be very poor comfort to the Princess.’ 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 160 His unhappy secret marriage with the foreign vixen. in extended use.1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 136 There are the sixteen of them [sc. hinds]..quarrelling and fighting, rising perfectly upright on their hind legs,.. and striking at each other with their sharp fore hoofs. What vixens! †b. In the phrase to play the vixen. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > behave like shrew [verb (intransitive)] to play the vixen1596 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R2 ^v A Gentlewoman; who, howsoeuer shee scolds and playes the vixen neuer so, wilbe borne with. 1597 J. Lyly Woman in Moone i. i. (stage direct.) She playes the vixen with euery thing about her. †c. Applied to a child or a man. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] > ill-natured person crab1574 crab-staffa1603 hunks1602 snarler1634 cross-piecea1652 cross-patch1699 vixen1699 frump1817 catamaran1834 patch1839 crab-stick1840 hunkster1842 grump1900 wampus1912 maltalent1965 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Fixen, a froward, peevish Child. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus ii. 151 He's the veriest Vixin of a Stoick. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 95 Well, if that Child was mine, I'd whip it till the Blood came; Peace, you little Vixen! Compounds C1. attributive, passing into adj. a. Appositive with fox, = sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > female vixena1425 vixena1425 vix1828 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) vii The fixene fox whelpeth vnder þe erthe. 1845 W. Youatt Dog iv. 102 The mouth of the earth in which a vixen fox—a fox with her young ones—has taken up her abode. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 274 A little vixen fox jumping out among listless idlers of the pack. b. Appositive, of persons, = vixenish adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] shrew1297 shrewda1387 scoldinga1533 shrewish?1566 cotquean-like1581 virago1598 vixena1660 termagant1668 vixenlya1677 calleting1691 rudas1802 termagantish1823 vixenish1828 a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 80 O shame of soe greate a peere, imitatinge herin the vixinge calleaghs. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. i. 4 The fury which the old vixen queen displayed. c. Of looks, actions, etc., = vixenish adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] > characteristic of vixen1700 vixenish1838 viragoish1887 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 54 Pshaw, what a Vixon trick is this? 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 187 Disturbing us with his vixen brawls, and breaking God's peace and the king's. 1820 J. Keats Cap & Bells lxxix She..Castled her King with such a vixen look, It bodes ill to his Majesty. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. x. 238 Begone, for God's sake, and hide your vixen face! C2. vixen-faced adj. ΚΠ 1842 R. H. Barham Black Mousquetaire in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 10 Nervous folks still, when they come in their way, shun, Old vixen-faced tramps of the Hebrew persuasion. vixen-visaged adj. ΚΠ 1836 Boston (Lincs.) Herald 20 Dec. 1/6 A Mrs. Vaughton was summoned by a vixen-visaged girl, named Susan Jones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.a1425
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