foxess

English

Etymology

From fox +‎ -ess, since 1866.

Noun

foxess (plural foxesses)

1. (rare) A female fox.
   • 1866, The Land We Love, page 195:

     The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold.

   • 1903, James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture, page 78:

     Well, you know what goes with the fox–the foxess, or the foxina.

Synonyms

• vixen