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noun - A large, strong, courageous or aggressive woman
- a noisy, scolding, or domineering woman
adjective
- pertaining to a virago
- 1964: Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her mother. " Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
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proper noun the Virgin
- Mary, the mother of Jesus.
- The common name for the constellation Virgo and another name for the star sign Virgo.
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noun - A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
adjective - Pertaining to a virgin.
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adjective
- Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
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noun
- A female fox.
- A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
- 1859:, w:George Eliot. Adam Bede: page 54. Kí¶ln: Kí¶nemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999:
- : . . . and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a contiunal dropping on a very rainy day, he had not a in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish.
- (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.
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