Vix'en, n.
(vĭk'sn), n. [A-S. fixen, a she-fox; M. H. Ger. fuchsin, N. H. Ger. füchsin. See Fox.]
Sense 1. A fox's cub of either sex.
Sense 2. A cross, ill-tempered woman.
She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.
Sense 3. An ill-tempered, quarrelsome man. [Obs. and rare.] Barrow.