Meaning of HARRIDAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'hâridn
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| | Definition: | | [n] a scolding (even vicious) old woman |
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| | See Also: | | common scold, nag, nagger, scold, scolder | |
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| | Definition: | | \Har"ri*dan\, n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.]
A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
Quincey.
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| | Related Terms: | | baboon, bad woman, bag, baggage, bitch, blemish, blot, broad, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, dog, drab, easy lay, easy woman, eyesore, floozy, frail sister, fright, gargoyle, grisette, hag, hussy, hysteromaniac, jade, Jezebel, loose woman, mess, monster, monstrosity, no beauty, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, pickup, quean, scarecrow, sight, slut, strumpet, tart, teratism, trollop, trull, ugly duckling, uteromaniac, wanton, wench, whore, witch |
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