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foxier

foxier is the comparative form of foxy.

Meaning of foxy

Adjective

foxy (comparative foxier, superlative foxiest)

  1. Having the qualities of a fox.
  2. Cunning, sly.
  3. (informal) Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
  4. Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair.
  5. Using too much of the reddish-brown colors.
    • His eye for colour was so exquisite that I do not think there is a single instance in all his works of a heated tint which is called foxy. This cannot be said of Rubens or Rembrandt […]1844, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Lectures on Painting and Design
  6. Of wine, having an animal-like odor.

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Questions about foxier

What is foxier the comparative form of?
Foxier is the comparative form of foxy.

Words near foxier in the dictionary

  1. foxhunting
  2. foxhunts
  3. Foxian
  4. Foxians
  5. foxie
  6. foxier
  7. foxies
  8. foxiest
  9. Foxification
  10. foxily
  11. foxiness

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