foxed

[ fokst ]
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adjective
  1. deceived; tricked.

  2. stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age: a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry.

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

Origin of foxed

1
First recorded in 1605–15; fox + -ed2

Other words from foxed

  • un·foxed, adjective

Words Nearby foxed

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How to use foxed in a sentence

  • "The little old foxed Molire," once the property of William Pott, unknown to fame.