"virago" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vɪˈɹɑːɡəʊ/ Forms: viragos [plural], viragoes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”, literally “manlike”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|virāgō||warlike or heroic woman|lit=manlike}} Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”, literally “manlike”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|viragoes}} virago (plural viragos or viragoes)
  1. A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation. Synonyms: shrew, termagant, shrew
    Sense id: en-virago-en-noun-H5NZiGTz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 14 14
  2. A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: shrew, shrew
    Sense id: en-virago-en-noun--hDbry95 Disambiguation of People: 1 50 49
  3. A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive. Categories (topical): People Translations (rough woman): мъжкарана (mǎžkarana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), virago [feminine] (Catalan), dračice [feminine] (Czech), äkäpussi (Finnish), amatsoni (Finnish), virago (Finnish), virago [feminine] (French), ანჩხლი დედაკაცი (ančxli dedaḳaci) (Georgian), ჭირვეული (č̣irveuli) (Georgian), Flintenweib [neuter] (German), Virago [feminine] (German), Mannweib [neuter] (German), Zänkerin [feminine] (German), Krawallnudel [colloquial, feminine] (German), cserfes nő (Hungarian), ainscian mná [feminine] (Irish), maistín (mná) [masculine] (Irish), ropaire mná [masculine] (Irish), stiúireachán mná [masculine] (Irish), báirseach [feminine] (Irish), rálach [feminine] (Irish), virago [feminine] (Italian), virago [feminine] (Portuguese), бо́й-ба́ба (bój-bába) [feminine] (Russian), muškarača [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nadžak-baba [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), virago [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-virago-en-noun-UYPQoUH3 Disambiguation of People: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of 'rough woman': 25 26 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: viraginian, viraginity, viraginous, virago sleeve Related terms: virtue

Inflected forms

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