Definitions for Xantippe

Xantippe Xan·tip·pe

Spelling: [zan-tip-ee]
IPA: /zænˈtɪp i/

Xantippe is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in Xantippe (aeinpptx).

Definitions for Xantippe

noun

  1. Xanthippe.
  2. flourished late 5th century b.c, wife of Socrates.
  3. a scolding or ill-tempered wife; a shrewish woman.

Examples for Xantippe

But Xantippe was too busy folding out the creases of her cloak to notice him.

In spite of her fear lest she should irritate him, Xantippe shrank from his touch.

"I am going out for work," he said, as Xantippe opened her eyes.

Cat-like, Xantippe had waited her opportunity and sprang away from his grasp.

He hopped up, gathered a handful of rocks and made at his Xantippe.

It is not Xantippe, but Lucretia, whom I call the woman of true courage.

Xantippe was there, talking to her child, and quietly bade him go away.

His domestic life was not happy, his wife, Xantippe, being a noted shrew.

Xantippe moved toward the door, but Gregorio seized her by the throat.

Xantippe, the wife of Socrates, noted for her violent temper and scolding propensities.

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