virago
10 synonyms for virago, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A woman who turns fiercely bad-tempered at the smallest cause.
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1. noun
A woman who turns fiercely bad-tempered at the smallest cause.
“Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.”
Etymology
A borrowing from Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”), literally “manlike”.
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