Xantippen.

Brit.

/zanˈtɪpi/, U.S.

/zænˈtɪpi/

Forms: Also 1600s Zentippe, Zantippe.

Etymology: < the name of the wife of Socrates, properly Xanthippe, Greek Ξανθίππη.

allusively. An ill-tempered woman or wife, a shrew, a scold (with plural Xantippes).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew

scoldc1175

shrewc1386

viragoc1386

scolder1423

common scold1467

wild cat1570

vixen1575

callet1577

termagant1578

(Long) Meg of Westminster1589

butter whore1592

cotquean1593

scrattop1593

scoldsterc1600

butter-quean1613

Xantippea1616

fury1620

Tartar1669

fish-woman1698

cross-patch1699

Whitechapel fortune1734

brimstone1751

randy1762

fish-fag1786

rantipole1790

skellata1810

skimmington1813

targer1822

skellat-bell1827

catamaran1834

nagster1873

yenta1923

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 70 As curst and shrow'd As Socrates Zentippe [Folios 2–4 Zantippe, mod. edd. Xanthippe].

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 262 Richard Hooker..married a clownish silly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 236 An errant Vixen of a Wife... By this Xantippe he had two Sons.

1859 Habits Good Society xiii. 339 For the time being the worst of Xantippes must turn into an angel of amiability if she gives a ball.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	xantippe
释义	Xantippen. Brit. /zanˈtɪpi/, U.S. /zænˈtɪpi/ Forms: Also 1600s Zentippe, Zantippe. Etymology: < the name of the wife of Socrates, properly Xanthippe, Greek Ξανθίππη. allusively. An ill-tempered woman or wife, a shrew, a scold (with plural Xantippes). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew scoldc1175 shrewc1386 viragoc1386 scolder1423 common scold1467 wild cat1570 vixen1575 callet1577 termagant1578 (Long) Meg of Westminster1589 butter whore1592 cotquean1593 scrattop1593 scoldsterc1600 butter-quean1613 Xantippea1616 fury1620 Tartar1669 fish-woman1698 cross-patch1699 Whitechapel fortune1734 brimstone1751 randy1762 fish-fag1786 rantipole1790 skellata1810 skimmington1813 targer1822 skellat-bell1827 catamaran1834 nagster1873 yenta1923 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 70 As curst and shrow'd As Socrates Zentippe [Folios 2–4 Zantippe, mod. edd. Xanthippe]. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 262 Richard Hooker..married a clownish silly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 236 An errant Vixen of a Wife... By this Xantippe he had two Sons. 1859 Habits Good Society xiii. 339 For the time being the worst of Xantippes must turn into an angel of amiability if she gives a ball. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616
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