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silver-foxy en · ADJ

Etymology

From silver fox + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Characteristic of or related to a silver fox (an attractive older person).
    • The silver-foxy saxophonist [Dave Koz] brings along jazz superstars Mindi Abair, […] 2018, "A&E Guide", duPont Registry, November/December 2018, page 92
    • Doctor Who time travel just got silver foxy 2014 August 24, “10 things to make you smile this week”, in West, page 5:
    • Oh, and maybe my silver foxy idol Anderson Cooper and Placenta’s fave, Daniel Craig. 2009, R. T. Jordan, chapter 27, in A Talent for Murder:

Forms

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silver foxy alternative lexicographic
more silver-foxy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most silver-foxy Degree=Sup lexicographic