Virago vs Tomboy - What's the difference?
virago | tomboy |
(said of a woman) Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant.
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, title= (said of a woman) Scolding, domineering, highly opinionated; a fishwife, a nag.
(said of a woman) Rough, loud, and aggressive.
Pertaining to a virago.
* 1964', Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her '''virago mother. — Anthony Burgess, ''Nothing Like the Sun
As nouns the difference between virago and tomboy
is that virago is (said of a woman) Given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation; a shrew, a termagant while tomboy is a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.As an adjective virago
is pertaining to a virago.virago
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Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago . Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}