foxess

English

Etymology

From fox +‎ -ess, since 1866.

Noun

foxess (plural foxesses)

  1. (rare) A female fox.
    • 1866, The Land We Love, page 195:
      The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.
    • 1903, James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture, page 78:
      Well, you know what goes with the fox–the foxess, or the foxina.

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