having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color
Word origin
[1605–15; fox + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crater, gothic, ideal, independent, inverse-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, connected, saturated, truncated, unsettled
Examples of 'foxed' in a sentence
foxed
`When Matthew was admitted, his condition had me utterly foxed.
Stewart, Michael GRACE (2002)
Somehow, we're not at all foxed by that ...
The Sun (2010)
But he changes his masks quickly, to keep you interested and amused and foxed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They might, too, have been foxed by the contemporary granite'n'tiling bathroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And sometimes even the guitarists themselves are foxed.