foxy
foxy Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Physically or sexually attractive and stylish (used informally, especially of a woman).
"She wore a vintage leather jacket and looked effortlessly foxy at the concert."
Cunning, shrewd, or sly in achieving one's goals, like a fox.
"The veteran negotiator was too foxy to fall for the rival company's initial bluff."
Resembling a fox in appearance, especially in having a reddish-brown color.
"The autumn leaves had turned a rich, foxy brown along the woodland trail."
Discolored with yellowish-brown stains or spots caused by dampness or age (especially of paper or book pages).
"The antiquarian carefully turned the brittle, foxy pages of the eighteenth-century manuscript."
Having a strong, earthy, musky flavor or aroma characteristic of certain native North American grapes (such as Concord) and the wines made from them.
"Wines made from native Vitis labrusca grapes are immediately recognizable by their distinct foxy aroma."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the early 16th century from the Old English noun 'fox' combined with the adjectival suffix '-y'. The informal sense meaning 'sexually attractive' emerged in American slang in the late 19th century and gained widespread popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.