vixen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a malicious woman with a fierce temper
    hellcat; harpy.
  2. noun a female fox

WordNet

Vix"en noun
Etymology
AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.
Definitions
  1. A female fox. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
  2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow.
    She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.

Webster 1913