Definitions for vixenish
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vix•enˈvɪk sən(n.)
a female fox.
Category: Mammals
an ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman.
Category: Sexuality
Origin of vixen:
1375–1425; late ME (south); r. earlier fixen, ME (north), for OE fyxe, fem. of foxfox (cf. OHG fuhsin vixen)
vix′en•ish(adj.)
vix′en•ly(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
vixenish(adj)
shrewish and malicious
"a vixenish old woman"
Wiktionary
vixenish(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
Webster Dictionary
Vixenish(adj)
of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen
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