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vi·ra·go
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Audio Help [vi-rah-goh, -rey-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -goes, -gos.
| 1. | a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew. |
| 2. | Archaic. a woman of strength or spirit. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE < L virāgō, equiv. to vir man + -āgō suffix expressing association of some kind, here resemblance
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] —Synonyms 1. scold, nag, termagant, harpy, Xanthippe.
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virago
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| vi·ra·go
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n. pl. vi·ra·goes or vi·ra·gos
[Latin virāgō, from vir, man; see wī-ro- in Indo-European roots.] vi·rag'i·nous (və-rāj'ə-nəs) adj. |
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virago
1387, "man-like or heroic woman," from L., from vir "man" (see virile). Ælfric (c.1000), following Vulgate, used it in Gen. ii.23 (KJV = woman):
Beo hire nama Uirago, þæt is, fæmne, forðan ðe heo is of hire were genumen.
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| virago | |
noun | |
| 1. | a noisy or scolding or domineering woman |
| 2. | a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: amazon] |
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Virago
Vi*ra"go\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Viragoes. [L. virago, -intis, from vir a man. See Virile.]1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior. To arms! to arms! the fierce virago cries. --Pope. 2. Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen. Virago . . . serpent under femininity. --Chaucer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
virago
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