| word | vulpine |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) Relating to foxes; foxlike. (2) Sneaky, clever, or crafty; foxy. |
| eg_sentence | She'd already decided she didn't like anything about him, especially the twitchiness, that vulpine face, and those darting eyes. |
| explanation | Foxes may be sleek and graceful runners with beautiful coats and tails, but they're almost impossible to keep out of the henhouse. Over the centuries they have “outfoxed” countless farmers. Because of the quick intelligence in their faces and their cunning nighttime raids, vulpine today almost always describes a face or manner that suggests a person capable of the same kind of sly scheming |
| IPA | vulpine* |
Tags: mwvb::unit:12, mwvb::unit:12:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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