Saturday, 11 May 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Virago

vi-ra-go



noun :: A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.



noun :: Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman; a termagant; a vixen.



"His own woman was of the party--a veritable giantess, a virago of the first magnitude--and she was evidently the only thing in the world of which Usanga stood in awe." -- Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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