virago
noun
[ vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ ]
• a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman.
• "the campaigns of these indignant viragoes will come to naught"
Similar:
harridan,
shrew,
dragon,
termagant,
vixen,
fishwife,
witch,
hellcat,
she-devil,
tartar,
martinet,
spitfire,
hag,
gorgon,
fury,
ogress,
harpy,
nag,
trout,
battleaxe,
old bag,
old bat,
cow,
bitch,
targe,
scold,
Xanthippe,
Origin:
Old English (used only as the name given by Adam to Eve, following the Vulgate), from Latin ‘heroic woman, female warrior’, from vir ‘man’. The current sense dates from late Middle English.
