Word of the Day
virago \vuh-RAH-go; vuh-RAY-go\,
noun:
1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage.
2. A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.
Virago comes from Latin virago, "a man-like woman, a female warrior, a heroine" from vir, "a man."
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