foxed
Outwitted by craft
Foxed describes paper that has developed yellowish-brown spots or discoloration from age, moisture, or fungal growth.
The term appears almost exclusively in book collecting and antiquarian contexts: The frontispiece was foxed but the text pages remained clean.
A foxed book shows wear but isn't necessarily damaged beyond collectibility.
Misled by cunning
- outwittedDefeated by superior thinking
- dupedDeceived into believing
- fooledLed to believe falsely
- outsmartedDefeated by cleverness
bamboozled · hoodwinked · conned · swindled · beguiled · misled · outmaneuvered · snookered
Faded to cream
- brownedCooked until darker
- spottedSeen or patterned
- blotchyIrregularly marked with patches
- speckledDotted with small marks
mottled · discolored · stained · blemished · deteriorated · faded · tanned · oxidized
Advanced in years
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- rareSeldom found or seen
secondhand · used · old · weathered · timeworn · patina · heirloom · bibliophile
tricked
Misled by cunning
outsmarted · bamboozled · hoodwinked · conned · swindled · beguiled · misled · outmaneuvered · snookered · gulled
yellowed
Faded to cream
speckled · mottled · discolored · stained · blemished · deteriorated · faded · tanned · oxidized · acidic
aged
Advanced in years
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
rare · secondhand · used · old · weathered · timeworn · patina · heirloom · bibliophile · bookplate
- discoloredstained, faded, yellowed, browned, bleached
- paper conditionsyellowed, faded, torn, creased, wrinkled
- book conditionsnew, used, good, fair, poor
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
- cantcant, flash, patter, lingo, cove
- furniture finishesdistressed, weathered, aged, lacquered, refinished
foxedundeceived
Freed from mistaken belief
straight · enlightened · informed · wise to it · in the know
- sly as a foxCunningly deceptive by nature
- silver foxAppealing older gentleman
- fox cubImmature vulpine offspring
- red foxGinger-furred wild canine
- sly foxCunning, devious person
- silver foxesAlluring older gray-haired men
fox, foxy, foxes, outfox, foxhole, foxhound, outfoxed, foxhunt, foxlike