foxish
adjEtymology From Middle English foxish, equivalent to fox + -ish.
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Like or characteristic of a fox; foxlike; (by extension) sly.
- Over all the faces was a sheen of appetite for something. They had a foxish look under the moving tree light.1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 83:
- One was a "small, decidedly vulpine race," characterized by prominent, pointed, erect ears, pointed muzzle, silky hair and typically whitish belly. Consistent with foxish traits, the dogs were usually, brown, reddish or in some cases, white and gray.2002, Bryan David Cummins, First nations, first dogs:
2 more examples
- Then, he is — more tigerish than the tiger, more skunkish than the skunk, more foxish than the fox.2008, Moishe Nadir, Harvey Fink, That is how it is:
- Different types of political organisation, such as constitutional arrangements protecting individual rights, were simply ruses generally adopted by foxish elites to pull the wool over the eyes of the people.2009, Joseph V. Femia, Vilfredo Pareto:
- Derived terms
- foxishly