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vixenish

vixenish adjective: of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.

Adjective

vixenish (comparative more vixenish, superlative most vixenish)

  1. Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
    • Although he has persuaded Clara to leave the house for a few hours, he turns the key in the lock, just in case her vixenish instinct should lure her unexpectedly back.2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), pages 612–613

Forms of vixenish

comparativemore vixenish
superlativemost vixenish

Origin of vixenish

From vixen + -ish.

Words formed from vixenish

Questions about vixenish

What does vixenish mean?
Vixenish means of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
What part of speech is vixenish?
Vixenish is an adjective.

Words near vixenish in the dictionary

  1. Vivès
  2. VIW
  3. VIX
  4. vixen
  5. vixenhood
  6. vixenish
  7. vixenishly
  8. vixenishness
  9. vixenlike
  10. vixenly
  11. vixenry

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