Thesaurus: foxy
Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.
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Definitions
- a. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.
- a. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.
- a. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.
- a. Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.
- adj. marked by skill in deception
- 1. Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily. Modred's narrow, foxy face. Tennyson. 2. Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color. 3. Having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling. 4. Sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.
- j:100 s marked by skill in deception