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Vixen

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A female fox. Metaphorically, a woman of villainous and ungovernable temper. (Anglo-Saxon, fixen.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Vishnu [Indian]
Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame
Vitellius
Vitex
Vitruvius
Vitulos
Vitus (St.)
Viva Voce
Vivien
Vixen
Vixere
Viz
Vogue
Vogue la Galère
Vole
Voltaic Battery
Voltaire
Volume
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Vox Populi Vox Dei