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See also:FOX,Fox,andföx

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Clipping ofEnglishFormosan, fromPortugueseFormosa, withx as a placeholder.

Symbol

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fox

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-5language code forFormosan languages.

English

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Proto-Indo-European*púḱsos
Proto-Germanic*fuhsaz
Old Englishfox
Middle Englishfox
Englishfox

    FromMiddle Englishfox, fromOld Englishfox(“fox”), fromProto-West Germanic*fuhs, fromProto-Germanic*fuhsaz(“fox”), fromProto-Indo-European*púḱsos(“the tailed one”), possibly from*puḱ-(“tail”).

    Cognate withScotsfox(“fox”),North Frisianfoos,fos(“fox”),Saterland FrisianFoaks(“fox”),West Frisianfoks(“fox”),Dutchvos(“fox”),Low Germanvos(“fox”),GermanFuchs(“fox”),Icelandicfóa(“fox”),Tocharian Bpäkā(“tail, chowrie”),Russianпух(pux,“down, fluff”),Sanskritपुच्छ(púccha) (whenceTorwaliپوش(pūš,“fox”),Hindiपूंछ(pūñch,“tail”)).

    Philosophical sense from the 1953 essayThe Hedgehog and the Fox byIsaiah Berlin. Military aviation sense from the pre-NATOmilitary spelling alphabet whereFox representedF and was short for 'to fire'.[1]

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    fox (countable anduncountable,pluralfoxesor(nonstandard, dialectal)foxen)

    2. A small-to-medium-sized caninemammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:
      1. Any member of the genusVulpes; atrue fox.
        • 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, inBBC‎[3]:
          A group offoxes is called a skulk.
        2. (in particular) Thered fox, a smallcarnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silverfur.
          Hyponyms:tod(“male fox”),vixen(“female fox”),kit(“young fox”)
          The quick brownfox jumps over the lazy dog.
          • 15th century,The Fox,verse 1:
            Thefox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o.
          • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], “The First Gun”, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC,page 1:
            They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffedfox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
          • 1987,Gene Wolfe, chapter XXVIII, inThe Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York:Tor Books,→ISBN,→OCLC,page164:
            It was earliest morning, when even small trees cast long shadows and scarletfoxes trot denward through the dew like flecks of fire.
      2. Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the generaCerdocyon,Lycalopex,Otocyon, andUrocyon.
        Hypernym:canid
    3. (uncountable) Thefur of afox.
    4. Afox terrier.
    5. Thegemmeous dragonet, afish,Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
    7. (figurative) Acunning person.
    9. (slang, figurative) Aphysicallyattractive person, typically a woman.[from 1960s][2]
      Synonyms:seeThesaurus:beautiful person,Thesaurus:beautiful man,Thesaurus:beautiful woman
      Hypernym:person
      Hyponyms:superfox,silver vixen,silver fox
      • 1993,Laura Antoniou,The Marketplace, page90:
        And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a totalfox. And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.
      • 2012, Adele Parks,Still Thinking of You:
        It wasn't just that Jayne was afox – although, fuck, was she ever a fox. That arse, those tits, those lips. They could have a really good time together.
    10. (slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.
    11. (nautical) A small strand ofrope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used forseizings,mats,sennits, andgaskets.
    12. (mechanics) Awedge driven into the split end of abolt to tighten it.
    13. Ahiddenradio transmitter, finding which is the goal ofradiosport.
      • 2006, H. Ward Silver,The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual:
        Locating a hidden transmitter (thefox) has been a popular ham activity for many years.
    14. (cartomancy) The fourteenthLenormand card.
    15. (obsolete) Asword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
    16. (military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.[3]
    17. (chiefly philosophy) Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in theirphilosophy orworldview.
      Antonym:hedgehog
      • 1970,The Month:
        Austin was patiently and painstakingly concerned with truth within limitations. He was a hedgehog, not afox.
      • 1992, J. E. Tiles, Jim E. Tiles,John Dewey, Psychology Press,→ISBN, page220:
        Dewey was a hedgehog rather than afox; he spent his life trying to articulate and restate a single vision, and in the writings of his third decade he already exhibits the tension I have claimed to find in the later writings.

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    Vulpes
    any of the species in the tribeVulpini
    fox fur
    fox terrier—seefox terrier
    cunning person
    attractive woman
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    Verb

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    fox (third-person singular simple presentfoxes,present participlefoxing,simple past and past participlefoxed)

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    1. (transitive) Totrick,fool oroutwit (someone) bycunning oringenuity.
      • 1680, Arthur Warwick,Spare-Minutes, or Resolved Meditations and Remediated Resolutions‎[4]:
        I see a number of gallants every where, whoſe incomes come in yearely by ſet numbers, but runne out daily, ſans number.[…] And when I ſee them oftenfoxed, me thinke the Proverbe ſutes thoſe ſutes,what is the fox but his caſe? I ſhould thinke them to beEutrapelus his enemies, whom he cloathed richly to make them ſpend freely, and grow deboſhed.
    2. (transitive) Toconfuse orbaffle (someone).
      This crossword puzzle has completelyfoxed me.
    3. (intransitive) To actslyly orcraftily.(Can we add anexample for this sense?)
    4. (transitive, dated) Tocheat orrob.
      • Quoted in2000, John Lewes,Jock Lewes: Co-founder of the SAS (page 132)
        Have you any news of Miriam? As I have had no reply to my delicately worded epistle, I can only presume that youfoxed me with the wrong address, and that you are yourself already engaged to be married to her.
    5. (intransitive) Todiscolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused byhumidity. (Seefoxing.)
      The pages of the book show distinctfoxing.
    6. (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
    7. (intransitive) To turnsour; said ofbeer, etc., when it sours infermenting.
    8. (transitive) Tointoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
    9. (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

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    to trick
    to confuse
    to act slyly
    To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment

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    1. ^Paul Dickson (1994),War slang‎[1], page271
    2. ^“fox”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    3. ^“BREVITY Multiservice Brevity Codes”, indiscover.dtic.mil‎[2],Defense Technical Information Center, 1 February 2002, archived fromthe original on17 November 2015

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Early monophthongized variant offaux.

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    fōx f (genitivefōcis);third declension

    1. alternative form offaux(“throat, gorge”)

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    Third-declension noun (i-stem).

    singularplural
    nominativefōxfōcēs
    genitivefōcisfōcium
    dativefōcīfōcibus
    accusativefōcemfōcēs
    fōcīs
    ablativefōcefōcibus
    vocativefōxfōcēs

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    Middle English

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      FromOld Englishfox, fromProto-West Germanic*fuhs, fromProto-Germanic*fuhsaz.

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      fox (pluralfoxes orfox)

      1. A fox or its fur.
      2. A liar or schemer.

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      Old English

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      Etymology

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        FromProto-Germanic*fuhsaz. Cognate withOld Frisian*foks,Old Saxonfohs,Old Dutchfus,Old High Germanfuhs.

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        fox m

        1. fox
          • late 10th century,Ælfric,Lives of Saints, quoting Matthew 8:20
            Foxas habbaþ holu and fugelas habbaþ nest, and iċ næbbe wununge hwider iċ mīn heafod ahyldan mæġe.
            Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but I have no dwelling where I can rest my head.

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        Stronga-stem:

        singularplural
        nominativefoxfoxas
        accusativefoxfoxas
        genitivefoxesfoxa
        dativefoxefoxum

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        Old French

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        Adjective

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        fox

        1. nominative andobliquemasculinesingular offol

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed fromFrenchfox.

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        fox m (pluralfocși)

        1. fox terrier

        Declension

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        singularplural
        indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
        nominative-accusativefoxfoxulfocșifocșii
        genitive-dativefoxfoxuluifocșifocșilor
        vocativefoxulefocșilor
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