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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vixen \Vix"en\, n. [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen fem. of fox.
See {Fox}.]
1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either
sex, now only of a woman. --Barrow.
She was a vixen when she went to school. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vixen
n : a malicious fierce-tempered woman [syn: {harpy}, {hellcat}]
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