VIXEN

vixen. Vixen, n. a scold, froward child, young fox

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Vix″en (?), n. [[AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.]] 1. 1. A female fox.
2. 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.