1) Animal in a Shakespeare title 2) Bug-eating burrower 3) Catty type 4) Chronic nag 5) Constant nag 6) Constant needler 7) Cousin of a mole 8) Creature tamed by Shakespeare 9) Disagreeable woman 10) Female supervillain 11) Harridan 12) Henpecking hag 13) Ill-tempered one 14) Ill-tempered woman 15) Kate, before being tamed
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1) Brimstone 2) Hag 3) Harpy 4) Hellcat 5) Nag 6) Quean 7) Scold 8) Shrewmouse 9) Termagant 10) Virago 11) Yenta
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- a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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A shrew or shrew mouse (family Soricidae) is a small mole-like mammal classified in the order Soricomorpha. True shrews are also not to be confused with West Indies shrews, treeshrews, otter shrews, or elephant shrews, which belong to different families or orders. Although its external appearance is generally that of a long-nosed mouse, a shrew is...
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[archetype] In the English language, the word shrew is used to describe a woman given to violent, scolding, particularly nagging treatment, as in Shakespeare`s play The Taming of the Shrew. The animals of the same name were believed historically to behave aggressively and with cruelty, and to have a venomous bite; the term `shrew` was then ...
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• (a.) Wicked; malicious. • (a.) To beshrew; to curse. • (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. • (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but th...
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any of more than 341 species of insectivores having a mobile snout that is covered with long, sensitive whiskers and overhangs the lower lip. Their ... [5 related articles]
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1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. 'A man . . . Grudgeth that shrews [i. E, bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity.' (Chaucer) 'A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her.' (L'Estrange) ... 2....
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Shrew adjective [ Middle English
shrewe ,
schrewe . Confer
Shrewd .] Wicked; malicious. [ Obsolete]
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Shrew noun [ See
Shrew ,
adjective ]
1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. « A man . . . grudgeth that
shrews [ i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that goo...
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Shrew transitive verb [ See
Shrew ,
adjective , and confer
Beshrew .] To beshrew; to curse. [ Obsolete] 'I
shrew myself.'
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Shrew is a term applied to a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman. Shrews were traditionally punished in Britain under law, with punishments including the ducking stool.
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The shrew are several insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae. The common shrew (Sorex araneus) is about 75 mm long, excluding the tail which is about 35 mm long. The animal has a bilobed snout which extends far beyond the mouth, and is well furnished with whiskers. The coat is of a soft, silky fur, dark on the upper part, paling to a dirty y...
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[
n] - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman 2. [n] - small mouselike mammal with a long snout
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shrew 1. A small mouse-like mammal with a long snout; related to moles. 2. A small nocturnal animal that resembles a mouse but is an insectivore, with velvety fur, a long pointed snout, and small eyes and ears. Found worldwide, except New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. 3. An offensive term for a woman who is regarded as quarrelsome, nagging...
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small rodent similar to a mouse or rat
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shrewmouse noun small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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Insectivorous mammal of the family Soricidae, order Insectivora, found in the Americas and Eurasia. It is mouselike, but with a long nose and pointed teeth. Its high metabolic rate means that it must eat almost constantly. The common shrew
Sorex araneus is about 7.5 cm/3 in long with a long, supple, pointed snout bearing nume...
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