† foxishadj.

Etymology: < fox n. + -ish suffix¹.

Obsolete.

1. Of or pertaining to a fox, fox-like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [adjective] > of or relating to fox

foxishc1400

vulpine1854

alopecoid1880

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [adjective] > of or relating to fox > like a fox

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vulpine1628

puggish1826

fox-like1868

alopecoid1880

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 196 Four different kinds of Leprosy are distinguished..3. alopicia and vulpina foxissch.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxviii. 3) This foxish wylynesse.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxvi. 215 If the fathers bee woolues they would haue their Children wooluish: if they bee olde foxes they would haue them to bee foxish.

2. figurative. Like a fox in nature, crafty, cunning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective]

warec888

craftyOE

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wilyc1330

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cautelous138.

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tricksy1766

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kokum1839

spidery1843

dodgy1861

ladino1863

carney1881

slinky1951

14.. J. Lydgate in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 25 Among foxys be foxische of nature.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 44 By his foxisshe example he pretendeth [etc.].

1699 T. Cockman tr. Cicero Offices iii. xiii. 273 Your..crafty, foxish, jugling kind of Fellows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	foxish
释义	† foxishadj. Etymology: < fox n. + -ish suffix¹. Obsolete. 1. Of or pertaining to a fox, fox-like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [adjective] > of or relating to fox foxishc1400 vulpine1854 alopecoid1880 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [adjective] > of or relating to fox > like a fox foxishc1400 vulpine1628 puggish1826 fox-like1868 alopecoid1880 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 196 Four different kinds of Leprosy are distinguished..3. alopicia and vulpina foxissch. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxviii. 3) This foxish wylynesse. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxvi. 215 If the fathers bee woolues they would haue their Children wooluish: if they bee olde foxes they would haue them to bee foxish. 2. figurative. Like a fox in nature, crafty, cunning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] warec888 craftyOE hinderyeapc1000 yepec1000 foxc1175 slya1200 hinderc1200 quaint?c1225 wrenchfulc1225 wiltfula1250 wilyc1330 subtle1340 cautelous138. sleightful1380 subtile1387 enginousa1393 wilfula1400 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 serpentinec1422 ginnousa1425 wittya1425 semyc1440 artificial?a1475 sleight1495 slapea1500 shrewdc1525 craftly1526 foxy1528 gleering?1533 foxish1535 insidious1545 vafrous1548 wily beguile1550 wilely1556 fine1559 todly1571 practic1585 subdolous1588 captious1590 witryff1598 cautel1606 cunninga1616 versute1616 shiftfula1618 artificious1624 insidiary1625 canny1628 lapwing-like1638 pawky?a1640 tricksome1648 callid1656 versutious1660 artful1663 slim1674 dexterous1701 trickish1705 supple1710 slid1719 vulpinary1721 tricksy1766 trickful1775 sneck-drawing1786 tricky1786 louche1819 sneck-drawn1820 slyish1828 vulpine1830 kokum1839 spidery1843 dodgy1861 ladino1863 carney1881 slinky1951 14.. J. Lydgate in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 25 Among foxys be foxische of nature. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 44 By his foxisshe example he pretendeth [etc.]. 1699 T. Cockman tr. Cicero Offices iii. xiii. 273 Your..crafty, foxish, jugling kind of Fellows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c1400
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