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Is virago a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word virago is a Scrabble US word. The word virago is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is virago a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word virago is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

VIRAGO,

5-letter words (3 found)

ORGIA,VIGOR,VIRGA,

4-letter words (16 found)

AGIO,AGRO,ARVO,GAIR,GARI,GIRO,GORA,GORI,GRAV,RAGI,RIVA,RIVO,VAGI,VAIR,VIGA,VOAR,

3-letter words (23 found)

AGO,AIR,AVO,GAR,GIO,GOA,GOR,GOV,OAR,ORA,ORG,OVA,RAG,RAI,RAV,RIA,RIG,VAG,VAR,VIA,VIG,VOG,VOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AG,AI,AR,GI,GO,IO,OI,OR,

You can make 51 words from virago according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of virago

virago

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virāgō (“warlike or heroic woman”, literally “manlike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪˈɹɑːɡəʊ/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧go

Noun

virago (plural viragos or viragoes)

  1. A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
    Synonyms: shrew, termagant; see also Thesaurus:shrew
  2. A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
    Synonyms: shrew; see also Thesaurus:shrew
  3. A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

Derived terms

  • viraginian
  • viraginity
  • viraginous
  • virago sleeve

Related terms

  • virtue

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virāgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ʁa.ɡo/

Noun

virago f (plural viragos)

  1. virago

Further reading

  • “virago”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin virāgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈra.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: vi‧rà‧go

Noun

virago f (usually invariable, plural (literary) viragini)

  1. amazon

Anagrams

  • argivo, giravo, rigavo, rogavi, vagirò

Latin

Etymology

From vir (“man”) +‎ -āgō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈraː.ɡoː/, [u̯ɪˈräːɡoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈra.ɡo/, [viˈräːɡo]

Noun

virāgō f (genitive virāginis); third declension

  1. a female warrior, a warlike woman
  2. a woman
  3. a wife

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • → English: virago
  • → French: virago
  • → German: Virago
  • → Portuguese: virago

References

  • “virago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “virago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • virago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • virago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin virāgō.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧go

Noun

virago f (plural viragos)

  1. (derogatory) a manly woman

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

virago

  1. plural of kirago

Source: wiktionary.org