harridan
noun/ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/UK/ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/US
Etymology
Perhaps a modification of French haridelle (“old horse, nag”).
- derived from haridelle
Definitions
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.
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