vixenishadj.

Brit.

/ˈvɪksənɪʃ/,

/ˈvɪksn̩ɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈvɪksənɪʃ/

Etymology: < vixen n. and adj. + -ish suffix¹.

1. Resembling a vixen in disposition; cross, ill-tempered, snappish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective]

shrew1297

shrewda1387

scoldinga1533

shrewish?1566

cotquean-like1581

virago1598

vixena1660

termagant1668

vixenlya1677

calleting1691

rudas1802

termagantish1823

vixenish1828

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 109 My friend Daphne, the vixenish pug.

1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxvii Others are married and have vixenish wives.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xlv He could hardly endure existence in the house that held his vixenish sisters.

in combination.1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlv. 491 Two small vixenish-looking ladies.

2. Characteristic of, appropriate to, a vixen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] > characteristic of

vixen1700

vixenish1838

viragoish1887

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. iv. 63 A short, thin, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish countenance.

1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. 65 261/1 She..rang the bell with vixenish violence.

1889 Sat. Rev. 23 Feb. 208/2 The trashy verbiage, the vixenish tattle,..to which they are treated.

Derivatives

ˈvixenishness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun]

shrewishness1600

termagancy1708

vixenishness1820

1820 Examiner No. 651. 633/1 Madge is too apt to think that vixenishness and virtue go together.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 80 She would never sharpen or narrow to vixenishness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vixenish
释义	vixenishadj. Brit. /ˈvɪksənɪʃ/, /ˈvɪksn̩ɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈvɪksənɪʃ/ Etymology: < vixen n. and adj. + -ish suffix¹. 1. Resembling a vixen in disposition; cross, ill-tempered, snappish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] shrew1297 shrewda1387 scoldinga1533 shrewish?1566 cotquean-like1581 virago1598 vixena1660 termagant1668 vixenlya1677 calleting1691 rudas1802 termagantish1823 vixenish1828 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 109 My friend Daphne, the vixenish pug. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxvii Others are married and have vixenish wives. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xlv He could hardly endure existence in the house that held his vixenish sisters. in combination.1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlv. 491 Two small vixenish-looking ladies. 2. Characteristic of, appropriate to, a vixen. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective] > characteristic of vixen1700 vixenish1838 viragoish1887 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. iv. 63 A short, thin, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish countenance. 1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. 65 261/1 She..rang the bell with vixenish violence. 1889 Sat. Rev. 23 Feb. 208/2 The trashy verbiage, the vixenish tattle,..to which they are treated. Derivatives ˈvixenishness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] shrewishness1600 termagancy1708 vixenishness1820 1820 Examiner No. 651. 633/1 Madge is too apt to think that vixenishness and virtue go together. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 80 She would never sharpen or narrow to vixenishness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1820
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