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 Words From

• un·foxed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of foxed¹

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

Example Sentences

He was comprehensively out-foxed by Salmond, the Scottish National Party leader, who now finds himself in a win-win position.

From The Daily Beast

I made him almost foxed, the poor man having but a bad head, and not used I believe nowadays to drink much wine.

From Project Gutenberg

I had taken the copy of Graziani's suites off the desk, and was holding it on my lap turning over the old foxed and yellow pages.

From Project Gutenberg

A foxed book cannot have the fox marks removed, and such a book should be avoided.

From Project Gutenberg

If there are no flimsies, the leaf opposite a plate often shows a set-off from it and is sometimes specially badly foxed.

From Project Gutenberg

"The little old foxed Molire," once the property of William Pott, unknown to fame.

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