10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIXENLY»
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Also vixenish (or Vixenly) = illtempered, snappish, snarling, turbulent. 1563.
Appiusand Virginia [Dodsley, Old Plays(Hazlitt), iv. 120]. By the gods,how
ungraciouslythe vixenshechatteth. 1590. Peele, Old Wives' Tale. I think this be
the curstest ...
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Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Compendium of ...
... and illustrative as old— guard ones (“a masculine, violent woman, or a great
two—handed female”). VIXENLY On the subject ofwomen with unpleasant
dispositions, a “vixenly” (or “vixenish”) creature could be relied upon to be “
snarling,” ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2004
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
Shrewish, quarrelsome, vixenly: Err. III,1, 2. Shrewishly, tartly: Tw. I,5, 170.
Shrewishness, quarrelsomeness: Mids. III,2, 301. Shrewsbury, English town:H4A
III, 1, 86.III, 2, 166. IV, 2, 58. IV,4, 10. V,4,151. H4B Ind.24.I,1, 12.24. 40.64. 65.I,2,
71.
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The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia, and ...
... of national identity, Hester and the narrator also affirm the two-hundred-year
history of its social and psychic insufficiency. "Nevertheless," writes the post-
Custom-House Hawthorne, "vixenly as she [the American CHAPTER FIVE.
Nevertheless, vixenly as she looks, many people are seeking, at this very
moment, to shelter themselves under the wing of the federal eagle; imagining, I
presume, that her bosom has all the sofiness and snugness of an eider—down
pillow.
... and especially to warn all citizens careful of their safety against intruding on the
premises which she overshadows with her wings. Nevertheless, vixenly as she
looks, many people are seeking at this very moment 10 nathaniel hawthorne.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2008
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The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic
... attitude, to threaten mischief to the inoffensive community; and especially to
warn all citizens, careful of their safety, against intruding on the premises which
she overshadows with her wings. Nevertheless, vixenly as she looks, many
people ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2006
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Scarlet Letter EasyRead Edition
Nevertheless, vixenly as she looks, many people are seeking at this very moment
to shelter themselves under the wing of the federal eagle; imagining, I presume,
that her bosom has all the softness and snugness of an eiderdown pillow.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2006
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Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination ...
Toward the beginning of the “Custom-House” preface he introduces a darkly
humorous image that mocks a revered national emblem: the American eagle
over the custom-house door is described as a vixenly creature who is “apt to fling
off her ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIXENLY»
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vixenly is used in the context of the following news items.
Republicans Make Jokes
For a kicker, they juxtaposed footage of Hillary with some vixenly bars from Kelis: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard … ." The 1/2 Hour News Hour is ... «Slate, Feb 07»
Coo, Coo, Ca-choo
By rights Morgan Fairchild should stand at least six feet tall. The idea that all that temptation, all that menace, all that vixenly va-va-voom should be at home in a ... «Washington Post, Feb 05»
