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vixenry

vixenry noun: the state of being a vixen (salacious woman).

Noun

vixenry (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being a vixen (salacious woman).
    • "Whom you frightened away with a peal of vixenry!" interrupted Michael.1831, The World of Fashion, page 269
    • "There," she said, waving her hand abroad with something of her old mocking vixenry, “go—search the castle. It is yours—by marriage. You will not even find my husband here. He is doing your errands at Douglas Castle."1905, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Maid Margaret of Galloway, page 187

Origin of vixenry

From vixen + -ry, since 1830s.

Questions about vixenry

What does vixenry mean?
Vixenry means the state of being a vixen (salacious woman).
What part of speech is vixenry?
Vixenry is a noun.

Words near vixenry in the dictionary

  1. vixenish
  2. vixenishly
  3. vixenishness
  4. vixenlike
  5. vixenly
  6. vixenry
  7. vixens
  8. vixeny
  9. vixon
  10. vixons
  11. Viya

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