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3 informal : a sexually attractive woman In this spy spoof, our anh hùng, aided by a sexy vixen, … saves the world from a power-mad despot …— Steven Rebello Other Words from vixen Synonyms Vixens và Foxes More Example Sentences Learn More about vixen
vixenish ˈvik-s(ə-)nish
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Vixens & Foxes
Vixen literally refers to a female fox, but it has two very distinctive extended meanings: “a shrew” & “a sexy woman.” How is it that the word took such semantically divergent paths?
The “combative sầu, bad-tempered woman” sense has a very long history in our language, going baông xã as far as the 16th century and extending well inkhổng lồ the 20th. It may be found in Shakespeare and Swift as well as in latter-day descriptions of mothers-in-law và the names of gun boats. By mid-century, however, vixen begins khổng lồ be used of glamorous and attractive women. Perhaps its application to lớn female characters who combined combative & seductive qualities led lớn the word"s reinterpretation. Or perhaps it was influenced by fox, another term for an attractive sầu young woman that made its appearance in English around this time.
Recent Examples on the Web That role was awarded to the Italian actor Matildomain authority De Angelis, whose portrayal of the Latimãng cầu vixen-victlặng Elemãng cầu Alves humanizes the chalk outline of a character. — Eve sầu Gerber, The Atlantic, "The Undoing Treats Domestic Violence Like a Striptease," 2 Dec. 20đôi mươi On this evening, the vixen arrived with a barnacle goose. — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, "Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020," 14 Oct. 20trăng tròn Hood was a fox; Little John a bear; Friar Tuck a badger; Prince John a thumb-sucking lion; the sheriff of Nottingmê mệt a wolf; và Maid Marian a vixen. — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, ""Robin Hood" Remake in the Works at Disney+ With "Blindspotting" Director (Exclusive)," 10 Apr. 20đôi mươi Though female foxes, also known as vixen, can have as many as a dozen kits, four is the most common number, according lớn writers of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s excellent Wildlife Notebook Series. — Anchorage Daily News, "The secret life of a red fox family," 28 Mar. 20trăng tròn Say, you, your partner, và that vixen at the các buổi tiệc nhỏ. — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, "How to Keep Jealousy From Ruining Your Life," 5 Mar. 20trăng tròn There was also a corollary between a silent movie vixen trying to lớn survive sầu in a talkies world. — Julie Kosin, Harper"s BAZAAR, "American Gods Star Yetide Badaki on Finding Bilquis và That Sex Scene," 1 May 2017 In pop culture, especially blachồng women with a toàn thân like mine, they’re often portrayed as video vixens. — Julyssa Lopez, Allure, "American Airlines Is Under Fire for Making a Woman Cover Her “Inappropriate” Romper With a Blanket," 11 July 2019 But all Eastwood can see is the vixen journo who’ll bởi anything for a story. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, "Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell Tries to lớn Raise Up the Little Guy. But It Takes Unnecessary Shots in the Process," 10 Dec. 2019
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History & Etymology for vixen
Middle English (southern dialect) *vixen, alteration of Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe, feminine of fox
