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Harridan

//ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

    "Why is that tattling old harridan, Peggy O'Dowd, to make free with my name at her d—d supper-table, and advertise my engagement over the three kingdoms?"

  2. 2
    a scolding (even vicious) old woman wordnet

Etymology

Perhaps a modification of French haridelle (“old horse, nag”).

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