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Foxy

//ˈfɑksi// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the qualities of a fox.
  2. 2
    Cunning, sly.
  3. 3
    Attractive, sexy (of a woman). informal
  4. 4
    Having reddish-brown hair.
  5. 5
    Using too much of the reddish-brown colors.

    "His eye for colour was so exquisite that I do not think there is a single instance in all his works of a heated tint which is called foxy. This cannot be said of Rubens or Rembrandt […]"

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  1. 6
    Having an animal-like odor.
  2. 7
    With a worldview synthesizing many different ideas.

    "For half a century, psychotherapy was dominated by hedgehoggy men who considered their style "normal," and women's foxy, emotional, flexible style "hysterical.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by skill in deception wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname of the surname Fox.
  2. 2
    A nickname of the surname Reynolds. British
Noun
  1. 1
    The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT). slang, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fox + -y.

Etymology 2

From fox + -y.

Etymology 3

From Fox + -y.

Etymology 4

From Reynard, a fox in European folklore.

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