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Xan⋅thip⋅pe

  [zan-tip-ee]
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–noun
1. fl. late 5th century b.c., wife of Socrates.
2. a scolding or ill-tempered wife; a shrewish woman.
Also, Xantippe.
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Xan·thip·pe   (zān-thĭp'ē, -tĭp'ē)   
The wife of Socrates, traditionally described as shrewish and scolding.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Xanthippe 
1596, spouse of Socrates (5c. B.C.E.), the prototype of the quarrelsome, nagging wife. The name is related to the masc. proper name Xanthippos, a compound of xanthos "yellow" + hippos "horse."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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