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virago

[vi-rah-goh, -rey-] / vɪˈrɑ goʊ, -ˈreɪ- /


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It was someone laying down the law — without worrying that a man would label her a virago or harridan or termagant.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2019

Yet, tellingly, this virago is also the creation of a male writer-director.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2018

“HLN’s virago of vengeance,” the New York Times dubbed her in 2011.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2016

“Jackson is an awesome virago who delivers her lines like bayonet thrusts,” Time magazine drama critic T.E.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016

His wife has perhaps survived till recently—strong and hale almost to the last; the most voluble gossip of the hamlet, full of traditions relating to the great house and its owners; a virago if crossed.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard




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