Virago

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman regarded as noisy, scolding, or domineering.
  • n. A large, strong, courageous woman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant
  • n. scolding, domineering, highly opinionated; a fishwife, a nag
  • n. rough, loud, and aggressive
  • adj. pertaining to a virago
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
  • n. Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
  • n. Hence A bold, impudent, turbulent woman; a termagant: now the usual meaning.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL. (A. Newton, 1871).] A genus of Anatinæ: so called because the female has a peculiarity of the windpipe usually found only in male ducks. The species is V. punctata (or castanea) of Australia.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a large strong and aggressive woman
  • n. a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    woman    adult female    shrew    termagant   
    Variant
    viragoes   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    termagant    vixen    shrew   
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