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foxed adjective [ fɒkst ]

• (of the paper of old books or prints) discoloured with brown spots.
• "large foxed sheets"
• drunk.
• "I am perhaps a trifle foxed"

fox verb

• baffle or deceive (someone).
• "the abbreviation foxed me completely"
Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vos and German Fuchs .


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