foxeryn.
/ˈfɒksəri/ The character, manners, or behaviour of a fox; wiliness, cunning.
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wiþercraftc1175
wilta1230
craftc1275
sleightc1275
engine?a1300
quaintisec1300
vaidiec1325
wilec1374
cautelc1375
sophistryc1385
quaintnessc1390
voisdie1390
havilon?a1400
foxeryc1400
subtletyc1400
undercraftc1400
practic?a1439
callidityc1450
policec1450
wilinessc1450
craftiness1484
gin1543
cautility1554
cunning1582
cautelousness1584
panurgy1586
policy1587
foxshipa1616
cunningnessa1625
subdolousness1635
dexterity1656
insidiousnessa1677
versuteness1685
pawkiness1687
sleight-hand1792
pawkery1820
vulpinism1851
downiness1865
foxiness1875
slimness1899
slypussness1908
c1400 Rom. Rose 6795 I..have wel lever..Bifore the puple patre and prey, And wrye me in my foxerye Under a cope of papelardye.
c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 278 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 85 I had rehersid nothing but papry,Sprong owt of Antichrist, full of foxry.
1893 R. F. Burton tr. Il Pentamerone I. 178 The fox, never dreaming that the other was a quintessence of foxery, found a woman more a fox than herself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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