VIXEN, VIXENISH
ADJECTIVES
► HARRIDANICAL vixenish; like a harridan → 1725 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SCALLY-BRAT a young vixen, a virago, a scold; a passionate, noisy child → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TARGE a vixen, a shrew, a virago; a violent, scolding woman → 1862 Sc.
► TARTAR a vixen, a termagant; a rough and violent or irritable person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman → 1663
► TEARER a vixen, a shrew, a virago; a passionate, irascible person → 1850 Sc.