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† volˈpone Obs.
Also vulpone, -ony.
[The name of the chief character in B. Jonson's play Volpone, or the Fox, a. It. volpone, f. volpe fox; the forms in vulp- are after L. vulpis.]
A cunning schemer or miser. Also Comb.
1672G. Thomson Let. to H. Stubbe 25 To observe their Vulpone-like windings, intrigues and nimble diversions. 1685South Serm. (1715) I. 408 Come to an old, rich, professing Vulpony, and tell him, that there is a Church to be built [etc.]. 1709Sacheverell Serm. 5 Nov. 21 In what..lively Colours does the Holy Psalmist paint out the crafty Insiduousness of such wilely Volpones? 1710Acc. Last Distemper Tom Whigg i. 4 Certain Beasts of Prey, Vultures and Vulpones. |