virago

English

Etymology

From Latin virago (“warlike or heroic woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/

Noun

virago (plural viragos)

1. (said of a woman) Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant
2. (said of a woman) scolding, domineering, highly opinionated; a fishwife, a nag
3. (said of a woman) rough, loud, and aggressive

Translations

rough woman

• Russian: бой-баба (ru) (bój-bába) f 

Adjective

virago

1. pertaining to a virago
   • 1964, Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her virago mother. — Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

Derived terms

• viraginity
• viraginous

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Italian

Noun

virago f (invariable or literary plural: viragini)

1. amazon

Anagrams

• argivo, giravo, rigavo, rogavi, vagirò

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Latin

Etymology

From vir (“man”).

Noun

virago (genitive viragīnis); f, third declension

1. a warlike woman

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	virago	viraginēs
genitive	viraginis	viraginum
dative	viraginī	viraginibus
accusative	viraginem	viraginēs
ablative	viragine	viraginibus
vocative	virago	viraginēs