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vulpine
adjective [VUHL-pahyn, -pin]
1. of or resembling a fox.
2. cunning or crafty.
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Dahlâs vulpine hero is a beast of operatic dimensionsâin his battle
to save his family from such pernicious adversaries as Farmer Bunce he
loses his enviable tailâand Scarfe has made him even more dashing.
-- Emily Nunn, "Slyboots," The New Yorker, November 16, 1998
ORIGINVulpine comes from Latin vulpīnus, an adjective derived from
vulpÄs âfox.â The Latin noun also has the sense âcunning, crafty
person.â VulpÄs is related to Greekalá¹pÄx and alÅpós âfoxâ
and less clearly to other Indo-European languages (taboo forms for wolf
and fox are common in ancient Indo-European languages). Vulpineentered
English in the 17th century.
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