viraginian
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin virāgin-, oblique stem of virāgō + -ian.
Adjective edit
viraginian (comparative more viraginian, superlative most viraginian)
- (rare) Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.
- Synonym: viraginous
- 1642, John Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus:
- But does it not argue rather the lascivious promptness of his own fancy, who, from the harmless mention of a sleekstone, could neigh out the remembrance of his old conversation among the viraginian trollops?
- 1879, Michigan Medical News, volume 2, Detroit, Michigan, page 146:
- We have, at different times, received viraginian epistles from gentlemen of the pellets […]
- 2002 [1970], Anthony Burgess, Shakespeare, New York: Carroll & Graf, page 58:
- I feel that Anne reserved her viraginian acts for the circumstances of her new life more than for Will’s suspected infidelities.
References edit
- “viraginian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.