The quality, state, or characteristics of being a fox or resembling a fox in cunning and craftiness.
Formed from 'fox' with the suffix '-ship' (meaning 'the condition or fact of being,' as in 'friendship' or 'hardship'). This suffix creates abstract nouns describing states or conditions.
English used to use '-ship' much more freely to describe abstract qualities—'foxship' would have felt natural in Middle English, but we've mostly limited it to formal titles like 'scholarship' and 'leadership' now. Language trends shift which suffix feels 'right' for abstract concepts.
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