Category:Vixen

Vix"en, n. Etym: [as. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.]

1. A female fox. [obs. or prov. Eng.]

2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now Only of a woman. Barrow. She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.