SHREW, SHREWISH
ADJECTIVES
1825 — NAGGY shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 — BAMFERING shrewish, tormenting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
.M19 — LADY-DOG a shrewish and rude woman; a bitchy woman → euphemism
1430 — ATTERLING a shrew; a venomous, malignant person → obs.
1553 — JEZEBEL a shrew, a termagant; an objectionable woman → colloq.
1591 — FAGGOT a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman
1596 — XANTHIPPE → XANTIPPE → ZANTIPPE → ZENTIPPE a shrew, a scold, an ill-tempered woman or wife
1609 — SKIMMINGTON a shrewish woman → obs.
1663 — TARTAR a shrewish, ill-natured woman; a termagant
..L17 — BUTTOCK AND TONGUE a shrewish woman → sl.
1700 — RANTIPOLE a shrew, a termagant, a scold → obs.
1721 — CARLEY a shrew, a hag, a witch, an old woman → Ireland
1721 — CARLIN(G) a shrew, a hag, a witch, an old woman → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1740 — QUEAN → QUEEN → WEAN a shrewish or dirty woman → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1810 — SKELLAT a shrewish, ill-natured woman; a scolding, railing woman → Sc.
1822 — TAIRGER → TARGER a shrew, a termagant; a scold → Sc.
1835 — CAT-A-MOUNTAIN a shrew; a vixenish old woman → Eng. dial. sl.
1850 — TEARER a shrew, a virago, a passionate, irascible person → Sc.
1862 — TARGE a shrew, a virago, a violent, scolding woman → Sc.
1871 — SALTER a shrew; a sharp-tongued person → Sc.
1880 — BALSCAT a shrew, a crosspatch, an ill-tempered person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1886 — BAT a shrew, a termagant; a gossipy or mean old woman
1887 — TWINK a shrewish, sharp, grasping woman → Eng. dial.
1888 — TADGER a shrew, a termagant; a scolding woman → Sc.
1892 — EDDERCAP a shrewish woman; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person → Eng. dial.
1897 — TERRAPIN a shrewish old woman → Amer. dial.
1903 — REGULAR TARTAR a shrew, male or female → sl. (Bk.)
1915 — CAT a shrewish man → Amer. dial.
1915 — OLD CAT a shrewish man → Amer. dial.
1921 — YIP a shrew → Sc.
1923 — YENTA → YENTCH → YENTE a shrew, a scolding woman; a nagging, whining person, usually female → US
.M20 — HARPIE a shrewish virago → US sl.
1972 — BITCH QUEEN a spiteful shrew; one who finds fault with everything; one who constantly complains → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1996 — TANTARIA a shrewish, abusive, loud woman → W. Indies sl.
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