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foxy¹

  • /ˈfɑksi/ US
  • /ˈfɒksi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒksi

Where it comes from

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

noun

  1. slang, uncountable The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).

adjective foxier · foxiest

  1. Having the qualities of a fox.
  2. Cunning, sly.
  3. informal Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
  4. Of a person, especially a woman, having reddish-brown hair.
  5. Using too much of the reddish-brown colors. 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 […]
  6. Of wine, having an animal-like odor.
  7. With a worldview synthesizing many different ideas. For half a century, psychotherapy was dominated by hedgehoggy men who considered their style "normal," and women's foxy, emotional, flexible style "hysterical."

    Opposite: hedgehoggy

Foxy²

Where it comes from

From Fox + -y.

proper noun

  1. A nickname of the surname Fox.

Foxy³

Where it comes from

From Reynard, a fox in European folklore.

proper noun

  1. UK A nickname of the surname Reynolds.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: slick, knavish, tricky, wily, sly, cunning, tricksy, artful, guileful, dodgy, crafty, hottie, hot, baby, slutty, sexy

Translations

Every language

adj having the qualities of a fox

Españolzorruno
日本語フォクシー fokushī
Русскийли́сий lísij

adj attractive, sexy

Deutschsexy, scharf, geil
Русскийсексапи́льный sɛksapílʹnyj

adj (of a person) red-haired

Españolpelirrojo
Françaisroux
Русскийры́жий rýžij

adj (of wine)

Françaisfoxé
Русскийпроки́сший prokísšij

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@misc{foxy_2026,
  title = {foxy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foxy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}