vulpine

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From Latin vulpinus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alōpēks), Armenian աղուէս (aluēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit lopāśa (“jackal, fox”).

vulpine (comparative more vulpine, superlative most vulpine)

Pertaining to a fox.
- 1910, Saki, ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia:
  
  She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.

pertaining to a fox

foxlike

vulpine f.

vulpīne