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Old 12-05-2003, 04:35 PM
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..vixen? ..this is is Oxford's definition:

vixen

noun a female fox.

n a spiteful or quarrelsome woman.
—DERIVATIVES

vixenish adjective

—ORIGIN late Middle English fixen, perhaps from the Old English adjective fyxen 'of a fox'. The v- is from the form of the word in southern English dialect.


..I guess Oxford Dictionary is a little out of date on definitions...

...no phan fotos?

..from thesaurus.com


3 entries found for vixen.
Entry: flirt
Function: noun
Definition: tease
Synonyms: coquette, cruiser, gold digger, heartbreaker, operator, philanderer, player, seducer, siren, swinger, tease, trap, trifler, vamp, vixen, wanton, wolf, wolverine
Concept: social entity
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)

Entry: hag
Function: noun
Definition: biddy
Synonyms: bag, battle-ax, beldam, biddy, crone, fishwife, fury, gorgon, harpy, harridan, Jezebel, Medusa, ogress, shrew, slattern, sorceress, termagant, virago, vixen, witch
Concept: unsocial entity
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)

Entry: shrew
Function: noun
Definition: mean lady
Synonyms: amazon, backbiter, battle-ax, biddy, *****, calumniator, carper, detractor, dragon, fire-eater, fishwife, fury, harpy, harridan, hell cat, hellion, hussy, madcap, muckraker, nag, ogress, old biddy, porcupine, reviler, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, siren, spitfire, termagant, tigress, virago, vituperator, vixen, wench
Concept: unsocial entity
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)



....all in all "vixen" may not be appropriate in describing Shania, eh?
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