foxed

American  

[fokst] / fɒkst /

adjective

1. deceived; tricked.

2. stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age.

   a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry.

3. (of museum specimens of birds and mammals) having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color.

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Other Word Forms

• unfoxed adjective

Etymology

Origin of foxed

First recorded in 1605–15; fox + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But the algorithms that underpin smart systems can be foxed by mundane events.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2020

Given it’s your third language, your English will be excellent, but you will still be foxed by terms such as “on the brink” and “mind games”.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2018

All that remained of those days, apart from the stories, were these exotic bottles, their labels brittle and foxed.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017

Chelsea, who had numerous chances in a rain-hit first half, struck back through Juan Mata just after the break when his shot from the edge of the box following a fine move foxed the goalkeeper.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012

I wonder what he had in mind for you to do with it; as you couldn’t read it, I’m foxed as to what he was a thinking.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman