foxy

foxy
—foxily, adv. —foxiness, n.
/fok"see/, adj., foxier, foxiest.
1. foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
2. yellowish or reddish brown, as of the color of the common red fox.
3. Slang.
a. sexually appealing; attractive.
b. stylish; modish: a foxy outfit.
c. exciting and appealing, as a place, entertainment, or the like.
4. discolored or foxed: pages of a book that had become foxy.
5. (of a wine) having the pronounced flavor natural to native American grape varieties, as that of fox grapes or of Concord or Catawba grapes.
6. (esp. of a painting) having excessively warm tones; containing too much red.
[1520-30; 1960-65 for def. 3; FOX + -Y1]
Syn. 1. wily, tricky, sly, artful.

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