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foxy

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"Cunningly clever"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɑksi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted foxyStarts with FEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Clever, sly, or attractive in a sharp way.

Word origin

From fox + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian fuksich (“foxy”), West Frisian foksich (“foxy”), Dutch vossig (“foxy”), German Low German vossig (“foxy”), German fuchsig (“foxy”).

Used in a sentence

  • His eye for colour was so exquisite that I do not think there is a single instance in all his works of a heated tint which is called foxy. This cannot be said of Rubens or Rembrandt […]
  • For half a century, psychotherapy was dominated by hedgehoggy men who considered their style "normal," and women's foxy, emotional, flexible style "hysterical."

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