Vixen \Vix"en\, n. [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See {Fox}.] 1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. --Barrow.
She was a vixen when she went to school. --Shak.
He seems a resourceful man, who would not be caught out by the playful antics of his young vixen; a degree of mature wisdom, of worldly depth is missing.
She currently is starring in a London stage production of Coward's "Private Lives." "I don't always want to be perceived as the glamorous vixen type," Collins said.
LONDON (AP) - Actress Joan Collins says she wants people to see her play roles other than "the glamorous vixen type," so she's filming eight Noel Coward comedies for British television.
"You see it all the time on television," said the British expatriate and younger sister of "Dynasty" vixen Joan Collins. "Real people who come out to Hollywood with nothing and parlay that into something.