Usually means: Socrates' wife, known for temper.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. Xanthippe, Xanthippe: Merriam-Webster
  2. Xanthippe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Xanthippe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Xanthippe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Xanthippe: Wordnik
  6. Xanthippe: Wiktionary
  7. Xanthippe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Xanthippe: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Xanthippe: Dictionary.com
  10. Xanthippe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Xanthippe (disambiguation), Xanthippe (mythology), Xanthippe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. xanthippe: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  13. xanthippe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. Xanthippe: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Xanthippe: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. xanthippe: A Word A Day
  2. Xanthippe: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. xanthippe: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Xanthippe)

noun:  (literary, derogatory, dated) An ill-tempered woman.

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