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foxess

foxess noun: a female fox.

Noun

foxess (plural foxesses)

  1. (rare) A female fox.
    • The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.1866, The Land We Love, page 195
    • Well, you know what goes with the fox–the foxess, or the foxina.1903, James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture, page 78
    Synonyms:
    vixen

Synonyms of foxess

Forms of foxess

pluralfoxesses

Origin of foxess

From fox + -ess, since 1866.

Questions about foxess

What does foxess mean?
Foxess means a female fox.
What part of speech is foxess?
Foxess is a noun.
What is the plural of foxess?
The plural of foxess is foxesses.

Words near foxess in the dictionary

  1. foxery
  2. foxes
  3. foxes guarding the henhouse
  4. foxes in henhouses
  5. foxes in the henhouse
  6. foxess
  7. foxesses
  8. foxey
  9. foxface
  10. foxfaces
  11. Foxfield

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