virago

[US]/vɪ'rɑːgəʊ/
[UK]/vəˈrɑɡo/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en skvat; en nagende kone; en kvinde med kvaliteter traditionelt forbundet med maskulinitet.
Word Forms
Pluralviragos

Example Sentences

Danty says those women who make constant mistakes are Virago but men Iago.

Danty siger, at kvinder, der konstant laver fejl, er Virago, men mænd er Iago.

Real-world Examples

Her face was inartistic—that of a peevish virago.

Hendes ansigt var uden kunstnerisk flair - det hos en grinagtende kvinde.

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

The fellow was as angry as the virago, his wife, who explained noisily how the three strangers had got into the park.

Mandens var lige så vred som kvinden, hans kone, der højlydt forklarede, hvordan de tre fremmede var kommet ind i parken.

Source: Magician

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