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‖ Xantippe|zænˈtɪpiː|
Also 7 Zentippe, Zantippe.
[Properly Xanthippe, Gr. ξανθίππη.]
The name of the wife of Socrates; hence allusively, an ill-tempered woman or wife, a shrew, a scold (with pl. Xantippes).
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. ii. 71 As curst and shrow'd As Socrates Zentippe [1st Fol., Qo.; 2nd–4th Fol. Zantippe, mod. edd. Xanthippe]. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 262 Richard Hooker..married a clownish silly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe. 1749Fielding Tom Jones viii. xi, An errant Vixen of a Wife... By this Xantippe he had two Sons. 1859Habits of Gd. Society xiii. 339 For the time being the worst of Xantippes must turn into an angel of amiability if she gives a ball. |