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vulpine

[ vuhl-pahyn, -pin ]

adjective

  1. of or resembling a fox.
  2. cunning or crafty.


vulpine

/ 藞惫蕦濒辫补瑟苍 /

adjective

  1. 础濒蝉辞惫耻濒辫别肠耻濒补谤惫蕦濒藞辫蓻办箩蕣濒蓹 of, relating to, or resembling a fox
  2. possessing the characteristics often attributed to foxes; crafty, clever, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vulpine1

First recorded in 1620鈥30; from Latin 惫耻濒辫墨苍耻蝉, equivalent to 惫耻濒辫(脓蝉) 鈥渇辞虫鈥 + -墨苍耻蝉 adjective suffix; -ine 1; from the same root as Greek 补濒峁损脓虫 and 补濒艒辫贸蝉 鈥渇辞虫鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vulpine1

C17: from Latin 惫耻濒辫墨苍耻蝉 foxlike, from 惫耻濒辫脓蝉 a fox
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Either way, the concept is best encapsulated by Jack Donaghy, the vulpine executive portrayed by Alec Baldwin in the presumably now problematic sitcom 鈥30 Rock.鈥

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His voice could convey flirtatiousness, amusement, heartache or wily agility, and his syncopated phrasing was as close to jazz as to traditional blues, leaping easily into falsetto or letting loose a vulpine howl.

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Wrote Frank: 鈥淚 hope having to replace papers doesn鈥檛 negatively affect The Post鈥檚 financial status. Maybe The Post should consider expanding to this vulpine demographic and accepting payments in the form of rodent carcasses.鈥

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A slim, pale, vulpine man in his mid-thirties, with well-tended light-brown hair and a goatee, came onstage, dressed in a trim black suit and a black shirt.

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There was a vulpine conductor and a violinist, part of an incomplete orchestra and, my favourite, a pair of dancing foxes.

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