vulpine
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vulpine
- /ˈvʌlpaɪn/
Rhymes with -ʌlpaɪn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).
adjective more vulpine · most vulpine
- Pertaining to a fox. The wicked wolf that for half a day had paralysed London and set all the children in the town shivering in their shoes, was there in a sort of penitent mood, and was received and petted like a sort of vulpine prodigal son.
- Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning. Yet such is the vulpine slyness of Dame Nature, that, till now, Tess had been hoodwinked by her love for Clare into forgetting it might result in vitalizations that would inflict upon others what she had bewailed as misfortune to herself.
noun vulpines
- Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves. The family Canidae^([sic]) consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.
- A person considered cunning.
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Talk about this word "vulpine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vulpine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vulpine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vulpine "vulpine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vulpine.Cite this
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