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foxy

[ fok-see ]

adjective

, fox·i·er, fox·i·est.
  1. foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.

    Synonyms: artful, sly, tricky, wily

  2. yellowish or reddish brown, as of the color of the common red fox.
  3. Slang.
    1. sexually appealing; attractive.
    2. stylish; modish:

      a foxy outfit.

    3. exciting and appealing, as a place, entertainment, or the like.
  4. discolored or foxed:

    pages of a book that had become foxy.

  5. (of a wine) having the pronounced flavor natural to native American grape varieties, as that of fox grapes or of Concord or Catawba grapes.
  6. (especially of a painting) having excessively warm tones; containing too much red.


foxy

/ ˈfɒksɪ /

adjective

  1. of or resembling a fox, esp in craftiness
  2. smelling strongly like a fox
  3. of a reddish-brown colour
  4. (of paper, wood, etc) spotted, esp by mildew
  5. (of wine) having the flavour of fox grapes
  6. (of oats) having a musty smell as a result of getting wet, fermenting, and drying out
  7. slang.
    sexy; sexually attractive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfoxiness, noun
  • ˈfoxily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • foxi·ly adverb
  • foxi·ness noun
  • un·foxy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foxy1

1520–30; 1960–65 foxy fordef 3; fox + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Not only that, there are other threads to resolve: Will Bela actually transfer after her missteps with the Foxy crew?

Mattoo is also the founder of Earios, the first all-female podcast network, through which she and TV writer Camilla Blackett co-hosted a beauty and wellness podcast called “Foxy Browns” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The same holds for the play, written by Tue Biering for the Copenhagen-based company fit+foxy.

Headlines dubbing her “Foxy Knoxy” circled the globe, fueled by sensational images of her and Sollecito in a tender moment outside the murder scene and in a store buying undergarments for Knox, whose apartment had become a crime scene.

She called upon her fashion foremothers — Foxy Brown, Lil’ Kim — taking inspiration from music videos of the late ’90s and early 2000s.

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