xanthippe

English - Turkish

Definition of xanthippe in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) şirret kadın

{i} şirret kadın

sokrat'ın karısı

English - English

Definition of xanthippe in English English dictionary

An ill-tempered woman

An ill tempered woman. (Also Socrates' wife)

{i} shrewish woman, quarrelsome woman

Hyphenation

Xan·thip·pe

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthippē), the name of the shrewish wife of Socrates.