xantippa

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • xanthippa, xanthippe, xantippe, zantippa, zantippe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē). First attested in 1665.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(k)san²tɪpa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -²ɪpa

Noun

xantippa c

  1. Xanthippe (ill-tempered woman)

Declension

Declension of xantippa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite xantippa xantippas
definite xantippan xantippans
plural indefinite xantippor xantippors
definite xantipporna xantippornas

References

  1. ^ xantippa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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