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rosse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • catty adj Deliberately spiteful or snide in a subtle, needling way.
  • harpy noun In Greek mythology, a monstrous creature with the body of a bird and the face of a woman.
  • nag verb To repeatedly pester or criticize someone about something, in an annoying way.
  • vixen noun A female fox.

Senses

rosse is used for these senses in English:

  • harpy (derogatory) A shrewish woman.
  • nag An old, useless horse.
  • vixen A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.

harpy — full definition

  1. noun In Greek mythology, a monstrous creature with the body of a bird and the face of a woman.
  2. noun An insulting term for a nagging, unpleasant woman.
  3. noun A large eagle-like bird of prey found in Central and South America (the harpy eagle).

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