foxy

fox·y
F4O1X8Y4
US/ˈfɑksi/UK/ˈfɒksi/

noun

The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

foxy1

nounfoxy (uncountable)
adjectivefoxy (comparative foxier, superlative foxiest)

comparative foxier · superlative foxiest

  1. Having the qualities of a fox.
  2. informalAttractive, sexy (of a woman).
  3. Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair.
  4. artUsing 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 […]

    1844, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Lectures on Painting and Design
    1 more example

    Although the skies of Brydael's pictures are often broken with rather heavy masses of orange and yellow clouds, yet, taking him altogether, he was not a 'foxy' painter; on the contrary, there is a silvery coolness about some of his pictures which pleases us.

    1870, Frederick Peter Seguier, A Critical and Commercial Dictionary of the Works of Painters
  5. beveragesOf wine, having an animal-like odor.
  6. human sciencesWith 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."

    2000, Charles H. Kramer, Therapeutic Mastery: Becoming a More Creative and Effective Psychotherapist, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers, →ISBN, page 76

    Antonyms: hedgehoggy

Foxy2

proper noun
  1. A nickname of the surname Fox.

Foxy3

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWith a worldview synthesizing many different ideas.

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adjectivemarked by skill in deception

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Origin

foxy · noun, adjective

From fox + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian fuksich (“foxy”), West Frisian foksich (“foxy”), Dutch vossig (“foxy”), German Low German vossig (“foxy”), German fuchsig (“foxy”).

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Foxy · proper noun

From Fox + -y.

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Foxy · proper noun

From Reynard, a fox in European folklore.

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Translations

Bulgarian лисичи, сексапилен
  • лисичи (lisiči)having the qualities of a fox
  • сексапилен (seksapilen)attractive, sexy
  • секси (seksi)attractive, sexy
  • червеникав (červenikav)(of a person) red-haired
  • риж (riž)(of a person) red-haired
  • прокиснал (prokisnal)(of wine)
Finnish seksikäs, viettelevä
  • seksikäsattractive, sexy
  • vietteleväattractive, sexy
French roux, foxé
  • roux(of a person) red-haired
  • foxé(of wine)
German sexy, scharf
  • sexyattractive, sexy
  • scharfattractive, sexy
  • geilattractive, sexy
Hungarian rókás, rókaszerű
  • rókáshaving the qualities of a fox
  • rókaszerűhaving the qualities of a fox
  • cicásattractive, sexy
  • cicaattractive, sexy
  • csinosattractive, sexy
  • csiniattractive, sexy
  • dögösattractive, sexy
  • szexiattractive, sexy
  • répafejű(of a person) red-haired
Irish sionnachúil, mealltach
  • sionnachúilhaving the qualities of a fox
  • mealltachattractive, sexy
  • téisiúilattractive, sexy
Japanese フォクシー
  • フォクシー (fokushī)having the qualities of a fox
Polish lisi
  • lisihaving the qualities of a fox
Russian ли́сий, сексапи́льный
  • ли́сий (lísij)having the qualities of a fox
  • сексапи́льный (sɛksapílʹnyj)attractive, sexy
  • ры́жий (rýžij)(of a person) red-haired
  • проки́сший (prokísšij)(of wine)
Spanish zorruno, pelirrojo
  • zorrunohaving the qualities of a fox
  • pelirrojo(of a person) red-haired
Swedish rävaktig, snygg
  • rävaktighaving the qualities of a fox
  • snyggattractive, sexy
  • rödhårig(of a person) red-haired

Rhymes & wordplay

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