Meaning of Reynardian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the folk character of Reynard the fox and his mannerisms; cunning.

not-comparable

Examples

“Common sense compels us to believe that the whole affair was merely a ruse by which Yale, with true Reynardian craft, hoped to win the cup.”

“This was Mr. Fox's position ; but he was not a man to submit tamely to an adverse fate — even the fox when driven to the wall will show his teeth — and his human name-sake was not false to this Reynardian quality.”

“The Chabon kid had that Reynardian way of looking inattentive when he was measuring someone—in this case, my mother—to the millimeter.”

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