virago
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪˈɹɑːɡəʊ/
- Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧go
Noun
virago (plural viragos or viragoes)
- A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- 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.
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- A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
- A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.
Quotations
1964, Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her virago mother. — Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
Synonyms
- (belligerent woman): See Thesaurus:shrew
- (domineering woman): See Thesaurus:shrew
- (loud woman):
Derived terms
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.ʁa.ɡo/
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈra.ɡo/
- Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧go
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wiˈraː.ɡoː/, [wɪˈraː.ɡoː]
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | virāgō | virāginēs |
Genitive | virāginis | virāginum |
Dative | virāginī | virāginibus |
Accusative | virāginem | virāginēs |
Ablative | virāgine | virāginibus |
Vocative | virāgō | virāginēs |
References
- virago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- virago in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- virago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- virago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧go
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