Xanthippe
英 [zæn'θipi; -'ti-]
美
- n. 悍妇；泼妇（等于Xantippe）；粘西比（苏格拉底的妻子）
英文词源
- Xanthippe
- also (incorrectly) Xantippe, 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 xantho-) + hippos "horse" (see equine).