virago

virago
/vi rah"goh, -ray"-/, n., pl. viragoes, viragos.
1. a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
2. Archaic. a woman of strength or spirit.
[bef. 1000; ME, OE < L virago, equiv. to vir man + -ago suffix expressing association of some kind, here resemblance]
Syn. 1. scold, nag, termagant, harpy, Xanthippe.

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