Dictionary entry
Virago
Pronunciation: /vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/
Pronunciation
/vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ/
Myanmar Meaning
ကြမ်းတမ်းသော၊ ဆဲရေးတက်သော မိန်းမ။ မိန်းမကြမ်း။
Definition
virago /vÇ'rɑ:gǝƱ/ n ( pl os ) ( derog ) အာၾကမ္းလွ်ာၾကမ္း မိန္းမ။ မိန္းမၾကမ္း။
Examples
- ‘She sat there and took it like some kind of valkyrie or virago
- perhaps the harpies of ancient myth.’
- ‘He lies awake at night
- with Laura in the next room
- sleeping the sleep of the virago.’
- ‘He rolled his eyes and bent his head close towards hers
- looking for the entire world to be whispering sweet nothings into her ears
- while actually saying ‘Would you cooperate
- you obstinate virago?’’
- ‘Worst of all is the disastrous family his daughter is about to marry into
- a graceless mob of halfwits headed by a foul-mouthed virago.’
- ‘There's no one in the whole of London who will disagree with the fact that Her Ladyship is a virago
- plain and simple.’
- ‘It was not the glance of a cheerful guardian of the shelves
- but instead the leer of a triumphant virago.’
- ‘Before vanishing altogether
- the woman warrior becomes a hideous virago in prints and paintings in France and abroad.’
- ‘She is such a virago
- so self-centred
- and even self-indulgent that she seems to care for nothing except her own career.’
- ‘I mutely watched two petite viragos lob insults at each other over the ethics of having a friend hold one's place in line.’
- ‘He only silently curses the Quartermaster for somehow arranging him to be left with this nagging virago yet again.’
- ‘So virility was manliness as opposed to eunuchism
- and a virago was a woman acting like a man.’