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单词 viraginous
释义 viraginous, a.|vɪˈrædʒɪnəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Of the nature of, having the characteristics of, a virago.
1666Third Adv. Painter 24 She dry'd no tears, for she was so Viraginous, But only snufling her trunk Cartilaginous.1825Brockett N.C. Gloss. s.v. Stang, He is carried through the whole hamlet, with a view of exposing or shaming the viraginous lady.1886Sat. Rev. 10 July 58 Besides the viraginous loves of Fanny Douglas there is much other love-making in the novel.1890Ibid. 16 Aug. 214 Virile was exactly what Mme. de Staël was not, though she may have been viraginous.
Hence viˈraginously adv.
1644R. Culmer Cathedral News fr. Canterb. 21 In comes a Prebend's wife, and pleaded for the Images there, and jeered the Commissioners viraginously.
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