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VIRAGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: viragoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large strong and aggressive woman

Synonyms:

amazon; virago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("virago" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A noisy or scolding or domineering woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("virago" is a kind of...):

shrew; termagant (a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman)

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