foxed

American  

[fokst] / fɒkst /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• unfoxed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of foxed

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

Example Sentences

All that remained of those days, apart from the stories, were these exotic bottles, their labels brittle and foxed.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017

That was on the 5th, when he seemed to be foxed by the slow speed of the damp greens, left his first effort well short and ended up making his second three-putt of the week.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013

Chelsea, who had numerous chances in a rain-hit first half, struck back through Juan Mata just after the break when his shot from the edge of the box following a fine move foxed the goalkeeper.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012

What we do see is that the pages are extensively foxed, a term that refers to ugly spotting.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2011

I wonder what he had in mind for you to do with it; as you couldn’t read it, I’m foxed as to what he was a thinking.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman