different between virago vs viraginian

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

English

Adjective

viraginian (comparative more viraginian, superlative most viraginian)

1. Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.
   • 1642, John Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus: