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virago

Syllables: vi·ra·go/vɪˈɹɑːɡəʊ/

virago noun: a woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.

Noun

virago (plural viragos or viragoes)

  1. A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
    • Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361
    • Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her virago mother.1964, Anthony Burgess, chapter III, in Nothing Like the Sun
  2. A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
  3. A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

virago meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

virago in Tamil

சண்டைக்காரி, அடக்க குணமற்ற பெண், அடங்காப்பிடாரி, அடங்காதவள், குதிரி, திமிர் பிடித்தவள்

virago in Urdu

چڑچڑی عورت, لڑاکا عورت, مرد صفت عورت, شیر زن

virago in Malayalam

shrew, harridan, dragon
കർക്കശക്കാരി, കലഹപ്രിയ, ശണ്ഠക്കാരി, മഹാശണ്ഠക്കാരി, ചണ്ഡി, ഭീകര

virago in Kannada

ಗಯ್ಯಾಳಿ, ಗಂಡುಬೀರಿ, ತಾಟಕಿ, ಗಂಡ್ರಾಮಿ

Synonyms of virago

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All synonyms of virago

Forms of virago

pluralviragos
pluralviragoes

Origin of virago

Borrowed from Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”, literally “manlike”).

Words formed from virago

Phrases with virago

Questions about virago

What does virago mean?
Virago means a woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
What is virago in Tamil?
Virago in Tamil is சண்டைக்காரி, அடக்க குணமற்ற பெண், அடங்காப்பிடாரி. See Virago meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is virago?
Virago is a noun.
How do you pronounce virago?
Virago is pronounced /vɪˈɹɑːɡəʊ/.
What is the plural of virago?
The plural of virago is viragos.

Words near virago in the dictionary

  1. viraemically
  2. viraemics
  3. viraginian
  4. viraginity
  5. viraginous
  6. virago
  7. virago sleeve
  8. virago sleeves
  9. viragoes
  10. viragoish
  11. viragolike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: virago (page history and authors); virago (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virago (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virago (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); virago (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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