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harridan

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har⋅ri⋅dan

  [hahr-i-dn]
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–noun
a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
Origin:
1690–1700; perh. alter of F haridelle thin, worn-out horse, large, gaunt woman (compared with the initial element of haras stud farm, though derivation is unclear)

Synonyms:
nag, virago, scold.
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har·ri·dan   (hār'ĭ-dn)   
n.  A woman regarded as scolding and vicious.

[Possibly from French haridelle, gaunt woman, old horse, nag.]
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