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archwife

Today it means: A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago. Full definition →

Middle English archewyf

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Middle English · inherited fromarchewyf
English todayarchwife

From Middle English archewyf, arche wif, equivalent to arch- + wife.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.