foxed

[fokst]

adjective

1. deceived; tricked.

2. stained or spotted a yellowish brown, as by age.

   a dog-eared and foxed volume of poetry.

3. (of museum specimens of birds and mammals) having melanin pigments that have oxidized with age to a reddish-brown color.

Other Word Forms

• unfoxed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of foxed¹

First recorded in 1605–15; fox + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But the algorithms that underpin smart systems can be foxed by mundane events.

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If this sounds like a drab technical meeting, don't be foxed.

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If that sounds like a drab technical meeting, don't be foxed.

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Apparently, “foxed” is the term he was going for.

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Given it’s your third language, your English will be excellent, but you will still be foxed by terms such as “on the brink” and “mind games”.

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