Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the qualities of a virago; termagant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a virago; having the qualities of a virago.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
virago ; having the qualities of a virago.
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Examples
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Her face kindled and reddened and dilated in every feature as she spoke, and, as I once saw her in a fine storm of indignation at the supposed ill-treatment of a relative, showed itself capable of something resembling what Milton calls the viraginian aspect.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Her face kindled and reddened and dilated in every feature as she spoke, and, as I once saw her in a fine storm of indignation at the supposed ill-treatment of a relative, showed itself capable of something resembling what Milton calls the viraginian aspect.
Pages from an Old Volume of Life; a collection of essays, 1857-1881 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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