virago
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
Archaic. a woman of strength or spirit.
Origin of virago
1Other words for virago
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How to use virago in a sentence
Miser Farnham put out a lean hand and gripped the virago's wrist so tightly that she screamed with pain.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller"Shut up, and mind yore own business," answered the virago, swiftly turning the barrel of her weapon upon me.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughBut it may have touched him that at that moment he was less than his companion and his virago wife.
Stories in Light and Shadow | Bret HarteAmazon, am′az-on, n. one of a fabled nation of female warriors: a masculine woman: a virago.
If the messenger whom he had seen were really Catherine Seyton, what a masculine virago and termagant must she be!
The Abbot | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for virago
/ (vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ) /
a loud, violent, and ill-tempered woman; scold; shrew
archaic a strong, brave, or warlike woman; amazon
Origin of virago
1Derived forms of virago
- viraginous (vɪˈrædʒɪnəs), adjective
- virago-like, adjective
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