vulpine

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈvʌlpʌɪn/
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Adjective [edit]

vulpine (comparative more vulpine, superlative most vulpine)

  1. 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.
  2. Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.

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French [edit]

Adjective [edit]

vulpine f

  1. feminine form of vulpin

Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

vulpīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of vulpīnus