Associations to the word «Vulpine»

Wiktionary

VULPINE, adjective. Pertaining to a fox.
VULPINE, adjective. Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
VULPINE, 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.
VULPINE, noun. A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

Dictionary definition

VULPINE, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats