vulpinism
English
Etymology
vulpine + -ism
Noun
vulpinism (uncountable)
- The quality of being cunning like the fox; artfulness.
- Carlyle
- He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all.
- Carlyle
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vulpinism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)