foxed

[ fokst ]

/ fɒkst /

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adjective

deceived; tricked.

stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age: a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry.

(of museum specimens of birds and mammals) having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color.

Origin of foxed

First recorded in 1605–15; fox + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM foxed

un·foxed, adjective

Words nearby foxed

fox bolt, Foxborough, fox brush, Foxe, Foxe Basin, foxed, foxfire, Fox-Fordyce disease, foxglove, fox grape, foxhole

Example sentences from the Web for foxed

As armor against cacti, they either had “chaps” or trousers “foxed” over in leather, with sometimes a Wild Western fringe.
The Missourian|Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
One having drunk a cup of very flat beer, declared that the beer was more than foxed.
Joe Miller's Jests, With Copious Additions|Various
A foxed book cannot have the fox marks removed, and such a book should be avoided.
The Private Library|Arthur L. Humphreys
Thus she has fallen under strange influences and been foxed.
Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)|James S. De Benneville

Foxed, a term used by print and book collectors to denote the brown spotted appearance produced by damp on paper.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten