vulpine
/ˈvʌlpʌɪn
/adjective
1Relating to a fox or foxes: the thriving vulpine population...
- Having an interest in all things vulpine, I was immediately hooked, and deserted Mr Waley's book of translations in favour of this new find.
- He cannot believe that no one has approached him about being Basil Brush's straight man when the vulpine glove puppet resurfaces on TV next year.
- The case for banning fox hunting - vulpine anxiety, human emotions that are unattractive - is breathtakingly slight.
1.1Crafty; cunning: Karl gave a vulpine smile...
- His vulpine and aggressive disposition is responsible for much of the film's finest moments.
- The camera often lingers on Penn's face, vulpine in its haughty, unspoken anger and canine in its chronic defeat.
- The general public probably only vaguely recalls him as an edgy, vulpine presence in such 1960s fare as The Dirty Dozen and Rosemary's Baby.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin vulpinus, from vulpes 'fox'.