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Word: Virago
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English Uirago (used only as the name given by Adam to Eve, following the Vulgate), from Latin ‘heroic woman, female warrior’, from vir ‘man’. The current sense dates from late Middle English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
vɪˈreɪɡəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman
Short Definition:domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman
Examples:- the campaigns of these indignant viragoes will come to naught
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