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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vix•en /ˈvɪksən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa female fox.
- Sex and Genderan ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman.
vix•en•ish, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vix•en (vik′sən),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsa female fox.
- Sex and Genderan ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English (south); replacing earlier fixen, Middle English (north), for Old English fyxe, feminine of fox fox (compare fyxen (adjective, adjectival) pertaining to a fox, Old High German fuhsin (noun, nominal) vixen)
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shrew, scold, virago, harpy, termagant.
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