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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: fixen 'vixen' (15-18 centuries), from Old English fyxe 'vixen', from fox

vixen

 noun
     
Related topics: Animals
vix‧en [countable]
1HBA a female fox
2 literary an offensive word for a woman who is bad-tempered or who fights
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