virago
noun/vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/
/vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/
(plural viragos)
(literary, offensive)- an offensive word for a woman who is thought to be aggressive and trying to control peopleWord 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.
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