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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIX'EN, n. [vixen is a she fox, or a fox's cub.
A froward, turbulent, quarrelsome woman.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a malicious woman with a fierce temper [syn: vixen, harpy, hellcat]
2: a female fox

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English (southern dialect) *vixen, alteration of Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe, feminine of fox Date: 1590 1. a shrewish ill-tempered woman 2. a female fox • vixenish adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a female fox. 2 a spiteful or quarrelsome woman. Derivatives: vixenish adj. vixenly adj. Etymology: ME fixen f. OE, fem. of FOX

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vixen Vix"en, n. [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.] 1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. --Barrow. She was a vixen when she went to school. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(vixens) A vixen is a female fox. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Scold, termagant, shrew, Tartar, brawler, spitfire, Xantippe.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A termagant; also a she fox, who, when she has cubs, is remarkably fierce.

Moby Thesaurus

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