Xanthippe
noun
flourished late 5th century b.c., wife of Socrates.
Xantippe
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a variation of
Xanthippe.
Example Sentences
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Xantippe, a Roman lady, who nursed her father, the aged Cimonus, while he was a prisoner, and thereby saved his life, rendered herself immortal by this manifestation of filial affection.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by J. (Jesse) Clement
Still scolding, this Xantippe of birds threw out the material he had brought, and, meekly submitting, he accepted her choice of a new location.
From Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State by Grace R. Clifton
It makes me so wroth, I could scold like Xantippe When I think of our losses along Mississippi— And see in the Indies that horrible Hyder, His conquests extending still wider and wider.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Philip Freneau
We shall not dwell on Xantippe, the wife of Socrates, whose name has become familiar to us almost as a proverb.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
Xantippe Xman, the eXiled eXqueen of the eXquimaux, eXceedingly eXcelled in eXerting an eXquisite eXactness in eXpense in general; but eXhibited the most eXceptional, eXtensive, eXtraordinary, eXcessive, eXtravagant, but eXcusable eXuberance.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by E. W. (Edward William) Cole
