About The Word Virago
Learn about the word Virago to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Virago definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Virago
| Virago Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Virago?
[n] a large strong and aggressive woman
[n] a noisy or scolding or domineering woman Synonyms | Synonyms for Virago: amazon Related Terms | Find terms related to Virago: See Also | adult female | shrew | termagant | woman Virago In Webster's Dictionary \Vi*ra"go\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Viragoes}. [L. virago,
-intis, from vir a man. See {Virile}.]
1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a
woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man;
a female warrior.
To arms! to arms! the fierce virago cries. --Pope.
2. Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a
termagant; a vixen.
Virago . . . serpent under femininity. --Chaucer.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Retrospective ‐ an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life…
- Bandtail ‐ wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the…
- Douglass ‐ United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became…
- Stanza ‐ a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit…
- Calypter ‐ scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter…
- Lycia ‐ an ancient region on the coast of southwest…
- To one ear ‐ in a monaural manner; "the stimuli were presented…
- Rachet up ‐ move by degrees in one direction only, as of…
- Rudder ‐ (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical…
- Oxidase ‐ any of the enzymes that catalyze biological…