Wordie [wûrd • ē]
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58 wordies list
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first listed by:
ikahime (108 words)
appears in these lists:
poetic & exotic, by vega
Book of People, by vega
piehat's Words, by piehat
new words!, by kmalladi
picarettes, by trivet
GRE list #4, by Sera
Motorcycles, by virago
rduke's Words, by rduke
miscellanea, by sarra
Good words, by komsedrol
rawles's Words, by rawles
tree's Words, by tree
two, by likeflannel
i like, by vigilantio
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Not to worry, virago. I think the older meaning is something like "a woman of strength or spirit." As John explained (somewhere here), the definition that pops up near the word is its most common usage. Don't know offhand how or when it shifted from one meaning to the other, though.
It's a nice handle, I think. :-)
Hmm. I always understood it to mean maiden warrior. I guess need to do more research - and perhaps change my handle.
"A hoarse virago retorts."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15