foxy
Syllables: fox·y/ˈfɒksi/US/ˈfɑksi/
foxy noun: the recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
Noun
foxy (uncountable)
Adjective
foxy (comparative foxier, superlative foxiest)
- Having the qualities of a fox.
- Cunning, sly.
- Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
- Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair.
- 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
- Although the skies of Brydael's pictures are often broken with rather heavy masses of orange and yellow clouds, yet, taking him altogether, he was not a 'foxy' painter; on the contrary, there is a silvery coolness about some of his pictures which pleases us.1870, Frederick Peter Seguier, A Critical and Commercial Dictionary of the Works of Painters
- Of wine, having an animal-like odor.
- With a worldview synthesizing many different ideas.
- For half a century, psychotherapy was dominated by hedgehoggy men who considered their style "normal," and women's foxy, emotional, flexible style "hysterical."2000, Charles H. Kramer, Therapeutic Mastery: Becoming a More Creative and Effective Psychotherapist, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers, →ISBN, page 76
- Antonyms:
- hedgehoggy
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Foxy
Foxy
- A nickname of the surname Fox.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Foxy
Foxy
foxy meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
foxy in Tamil
- ஃபாக்ஸி
foxy in Marathi
- फॉकसी, फॉक्सी
foxy in Urdu
- فاکسائی
foxy in Bengali
- ফক্সি
More languagesFewer languages
- foxy in Malayalam
- ശൃഗാല, ജംബുകസ്വഭാവമാർന്ന, കുറുനരിസമാനമായ, കുറുക്കനെപ്പോലെയുള്ള
- foxy in Kannada
- ಫಾಕ್ಸಿ
- foxy in Punjabi
- ਫੌਕਸੀ
- foxy in Gujarati
- ફોક્સી
- foxy in Odia
- ଫକ୍ସି
- foxy in Nepali
- फोक्सी
Antonyms of foxy
Forms of foxy
| comparative | foxier |
|---|---|
| superlative | foxiest |
Origin of foxy
From fox + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian fuksich (“foxy”), West Frisian foksich (“foxy”), Dutch vossig (“foxy”), German Low German vossig (“foxy”), German fuchsig (“foxy”).
From Fox + -y.
From Reynard, a fox in European folklore.
Words formed from foxy
Phrases with foxy
Words that rhyme with foxy
Questions about foxy
- What does foxy mean?
- Foxy means the recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
- What is foxy in Tamil?
- Foxy in Tamil is ஃபாக்ஸி. See Foxy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is foxy?
- Foxy can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce foxy?
- Foxy is pronounced /ˈfɑksi/ (US).
Words near foxy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foxy (page history and authors); Foxy (page history and authors); foxy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); foxy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foxy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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