vulpinism

English

Etymology

From vulpine +‎ -ism.

Noun

vulpinism (uncountable)

1. (archaic) slyness; fox-like cunning; artfulness.
   • 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all.

References

• “vulpinism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.