单词 | vixenly |
释义 | vixenlyadj.adv. A. adj. Resembling a vixen in disposition. 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 a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 334 It was onely, which in such a vixonely Pope was a great favour, a forbearance to quarrel with him. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 4 Nevertheless, vixenly as she looks, many people are seeking, at this very moment, to shelter themselves under the wing of the federal eagle. B. adv. Crossly, ill-naturedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adverb] scoldingly1548 termagantly1686 vixenishly1848 shrewishly1855 vixenly1895 1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage II. xlv. 239 Our female government asks it vixenly of our impotent male. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.a1677 |
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