Meanings
foxy1
- slanguncountableThe recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
comparative foxier · superlative foxiest
- Having the qualities of a fox.
- informalAttractive, sexy (of a woman).
- Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair.
- 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 Design1 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 - beveragesOf wine, having an animal-like odor.
- 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 76Antonyms: hedgehoggy
Foxy2
- A nickname of the surname Fox.
Foxy3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWith a worldview synthesizing many different ideas.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by skill in deception
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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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