vulpine
1 synonym and 1 antonym for vulpine, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Relating to a fox.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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vulpecular
Synonyms by Meaning
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
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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