Middle English Dictionary Entry
foxish adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | foxish adj. |
| Etymology | From fox . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Like a fox, crafty, cunning; (b) med. ~ lepra, a type of leprosy characterized by falling hair.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)175 : Foxyshe [Win: ffoxych]: Vulpinus.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Consulo (Hrl 2255)13 : Among foxis be foxissh of nature.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)99b/a : Þe þridde maner lepra..hatte alopicia & vulpina foxissch..þe fox haþ a propirte þat his here falliþ in þe somer for hete of blood.