\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.