different between shrike vs virago

English

Etymology

From Middle English *schrike, *schryke, from Old English s?r?c (“shrike, thrush”), from the same root as shriek and screech, named after the bird's cry. Compare Icelandic skríkja (“shrieker, shrike”), Swedish skrika (“jay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

shrike (plural shrikes)

1. Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

Synonyms

• butcherbird

Derived terms

• crow shrike
• cuckoo shrike
• shrike thrush
• shrike tit
• swallow shrike

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “shrike”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Ihrkes, hikers, shriek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vir?g? (“warlike or heroic woman”, literally “manlike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v????????/
• Hyphenation: vi?ra?go

Noun

virago (plural viragos or viragoes)

1. A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.

   Synonyms: shrew, termagant; see also Thesaurus:shrew
2. A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.

   Synonyms: shrew; see also Thesaurus:shrew

3. A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

Derived terms

• viraginity
• viraginous
• virago sleeve

Related terms

• virtue

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin vir?g?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.?a.?o/

Noun

virago f (plural viragos)

1. virago

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vir?g?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?ra.?o/
• Hyphenation: vi?ra?go

Noun

virago f (invariable or literary plural: viragini)

1. amazon

Anagrams

• argivo, giravo, rigavo, rogavi, vagirò

Latin

Etymology

From vir (“man”) +? -?g?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?i?ra?.?o?/, [u????ä??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi?ra.?o/, [vi??????]

Noun

vir?g? f (genitive vir?ginis); third declension

1. a female warrior, a warlike woman
2. a woman
3. a wife

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: virago
• ? French: virago
• ? German: Virago
• ? Portuguese: virago

References

• virago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virago in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• virago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vir?g?.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vi?ra?go

Noun

virago f (plural viragos)

1. (derogatory) a manly woman