vixen

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see also: Vixen

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪk.sən/

Noun

vixen (plural vixens)

1. A female fox.
2. A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗:

   • 1859:, George Eliot. Adam Bede: page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999:

     […] and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a continual dripping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish.

3. (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.
4. (colloquial) A wife who has sex with other men with her husband's consent.
   • 2018, ‘Stag’ men love watching other guys have sex with their wives… but it’s not cuckolding ↗

     The stag gets a thrill from watching his vixen have sex with another man.

Synonyms

• (malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman) seeSynonyms en
• (racy or salacious woman) seeSynonyms en

Related terms

• bull
• cuckold
• cuckquean
• stag

Translations

• French: renarde
• German: Füchsin, Fähe
• Italian: volpina
• Portuguese: raposa
• Russian: лиси́ца
• Spanish: zorra

Translations

• French: chipie, garce, salope, rosse
• German: Schlampe, Drachen, Zicke
• Italian: stronza, troia
• Portuguese: megera
• Russian: су́ка
• Spanish: puta, perra, zorra

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Vixen

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Proper noun

1. The fourth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Translations

• French: Fringant
• Italian: Guizzo
• Portuguese: Raposa
• Spanish: Juguetón, Bromista, Travieso

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