foxlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a fox.

Opposite
unfoxlike
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English fox →
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Meanings

adjectivefoxlike (comparative more foxlike, superlative most foxlike)

comparative more foxlike · superlative most foxlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a fox.

    “Nynaeve did not have to see her face to know it had large blue eyes and a foxlike shape.."

    1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 52: Need”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 849

    Antonyms: unfoxlike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a fox.

Opposite
unfoxlike
Also see
artfulcunningdiabolicalslimsubtlewily

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*púḱsos
  2. Proto-Germanic*fuhsaz
  3. Old Englishfox
  4. Middle Englishfox
  5. Englishfox
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. Englishfoxlike

From fox + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

foxlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foxlike

MLA

“foxlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foxlike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foxlike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foxlike.

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