vulpine

Meanings

Plural: vulpines

Adjective

resembling or characteristic of a fox
- "vulpine cunning"

Adj

Pertaining to a fox.
Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

Noun

Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves.
A person considered cunning.

Origin / 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”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).

Synonyms

vulpecular

Scrabble Score: 12

vulpine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vulpine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vulpine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

vulpine is a valid Words With Friends word