virago

noun
🔊/vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/
🔊/vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/
(plural viragos)
(literary, disapproving)
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  1. a woman who is aggressive and tries to tell people what to do爱支使人的女性;泼妇;悍妇
    • his virago of a wife他的妻子的处女座
    Word OriginOld 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.