| 单词 | shrewishness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈshrewishness ˈshrewishness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] shrewishness1600 termagancy1708 vixenishness1820 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 302 I was neuer curst: I haue no gift at all in shrewishnesse . View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Shrop. 2 How much shrewishnesse may be allowed in a Wife? 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 40 Elvira we chose for her especial gift in scolding, her natural shrewishness. 1884 H. S. Wilson Stud. Hist. 169 The hair red, the face rather pointedly oval, with an expression of some shrewishness. < as lemmas |
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