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Definition shrew
Etymology 1
From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English scr?awa (“shrew”, literally “biter”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).
Noun
shrew (plural shrews)
- Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
- Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
- (derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
Etymology 2
From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“wicked; evil; an evil person”), from Old English *scr?awa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Perhaps ultimately from the same word as Etymology 1 above.
Verb
shrew (third-person singular simple present shrews, present participle shrewing, simple past and past participle shrewed)
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