noun
virago
Virago (noun) means a woman who turns fiercely bad-tempered at the smallest cause.
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1
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."
— William Babington Maxwell (1918)
"Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her virago mother."
— Anthony Burgess (1964)
2
A woman who nags, bosses others about, or is very set in her own opinions.
3
A woman who behaves in a coarse, noisy and forceful way.
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Etymology
A borrowing from Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”), literally “manlike”.
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What is the meaning of virago?
"virago" (noun) means a woman who turns fiercely bad-tempered at the smallest cause.
What is another word for virago?
Other words for "virago" include termagant, harpy, harridan, dragon, cat, fishwife.
What are the different meanings of virago?
"virago" has 3 main meanings: 1. A woman who turns fiercely bad-tempered at the smallest cause; 2. A woman who nags, bosses others about, or is very set in her own opinions; 3. A woman who behaves in a coarse, noisy and forceful way.
