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vulpine

1 antonym for vulpine — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Relating to a fox.

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1. adj

Relating to a fox.

“She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.”

vulpecular

2. adj

Foxlike in nature, especially in being cunning and sly.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), and Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).

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