vulpine

Meanings

Adjective

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

Noun

• Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.
• A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus, from vulpēs, earlier volpēs, from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- ("fox"). Cognate with Welsh llywarn ("fox"), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ, Armenian աղուէս, Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs ("wildcat"), Sanskrit लोपाश ("jackal, fox").