shrew (subs.) Copy link • shrew (subs.): expr. by adj.: mulier jurgiosa, Gell. 1, 17, 1 (where it is used of Xanthippe): (mulier) importuna atque incommoda, Pl. As. 1, 1, 48: mulier rixosa, rixarum cupida: v. quarrelsome, disagreeable. Also (still stronger) uxor saeva, Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 17.