Definition of Vien
Vix"en (?), n. [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.
Vix"en (?), n. [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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
VIXEN. A termagant; also a she fox, who, when she has
cubs, is remarkably fierce.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A female fox.
- A temperamental woman.
1859: . . . and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a contiunal dropping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish. - w:George Eliot. Adam Bede: page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999
- (colloquial) A sexy woman.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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