harridan
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
/ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/
(UK)
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/ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/ (UK) · /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/ (US) · /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.dən/ (US)
Definition of harridan
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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?”
“Well there was one old lady, and a drunken old harridan she was surely, that paid all her attention to me.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Perhaps a modification of French haridelle (“old horse, nag”).
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