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.
© Webster 1913.