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Xanthippe
late 16c., spouse of Socrates (5c. B.C.E.), the prototype of the quarrelsome, nagging wife. The name is related to the masc. proper name
Xanthippos
, a compound of
xanthos
"yellow" (see
xanthous
) +
hippos
"horse" (see
equine
).
