Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox.
- adjective Cunning; clever.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a fox; technically, resembling the fox as a member of tho Vulpinæ; related to the foxes; alopecoid: distinguished from
lupine or thoöid. - Resembling a fox in traits or disposition; also, characteristic of the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the fox; resembling the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty; artful.
- adjective (Zoöl.) an Australian carnivorous marsupial (
Phalangista vulpina syn.Trichosurus vulpina ); -- called alsovulpine phalanger , andvulpine opossum .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
fox . - adjective Having the
characteristics of afox ,foxlike ;cunning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling or characteristic of a fox
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the
THE HUSSY 2010
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I remember that as we said good-by there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the Wise.
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I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the
The Hussy 1918
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I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the
The Red One Jack London 1896
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The vulpine Evtushenko, although an accomplished technician and a past mistress of Lock's supercharged style, is never an autonomous being, but is always manipulated, shaped and turned by men.
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Lyons père was a young lawyer writing a weekly column for the Sunday English-language page of the Yiddish Forward when he won a Post contest to find a challenger to Walter Winchell, the vulpine king of newspaper gossip.
Before Gossip Was Gawkerfied Edward Kosner 2011
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And when he later threatens the recalcitrant Goneril that her sister will "with her nails flay thy wolfish visage", he brandishes his own vulpine claw in her face.
King Lear – review 2011
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I nodded at recollection of the vulpine-face superintendent of the Sierra Mills.
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All traces of courtly refinement and laconic humour had vanished; he was now callous and vulpine, the renegade spirit of the hoodlum streets returning to his lost playground.
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Shane Warne's return to the Sky box has allowed British viewers a first sighting of his vulpine new look, sparking more rumours of a face lift.
The Nursery End 2011
jaime_d commented on the word vulpine
from Ruskin.
October 1, 2007
mechanolatry commented on the word vulpine
Also: Cunning; clever.
(n. vulpinism)
January 29, 2009
Louises commented on the word vulpine
A slow secret smile swept into Harkaway,s face. It was wolfish, ursine, vulpine. Cold Comfort Farm.
February 23, 2013
bilby commented on the word vulpine
A slow snark crept across bilby's face when he read prose that was asinine, asinine, asinine. Cold Vomit Repository.
February 23, 2013