different between virago vs vorago

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

Alternative forms

• vorrago [19th century]

Etymology

From the Latin vor?g? (“abyss”); compare vorage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: v?r??g?, IPA^(key): /v???e????/

Noun

vorago (plural voragoes or voragines)

1. (now rare) abyss, chasm, gulf

References

• “?vorago” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vor?g?

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vorago f (plural voraghi)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of voragine: abyss, chasm

Related terms

• vora
• voragine
• voro

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of earlier voraco, from vorax, vorac(is) +? -?.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. abyss, chasm, deep hole, pit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• vor?gin?sus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: vorago
• Italian: voragine
• Old French: vorage
• Spanish: vorágine

References

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