Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quarrelsome woman; a common scold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Eng. Law) A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A scolding or quarrelsome female; a
scold .
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Examples
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
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A cure for communis rix & rixatrix, the common scold
the Cucking Stool 2008
avivamagnolia commented on the word rixatrix
~a nasty, quarrelsome old woman, usually with a tendency to natter and scold
January 18, 2009
avivamagnolia commented on the word rixatrix
The crime of speaking her mind is punishable by public shaming. A crime called “Communis
Rixatrix�?
(note the Latin feminine is used here as only women can be charged with this crime).The translation of Communis Rixatrix is “the common scold.�?
According to Jacob’s Law Dictionary, a common scold is a “troublesome and angry woman, who,
by her brawling and wrangling amongst her neighbours, breaks the public peace.�?
The punishment for the speaking of one’s mind was to be publicly ducked, that is, to be placed on
a ‘ducking stool’ and plunged into a nearby body of cold water in the presence of her whole
community. The last time a woman was indicted as a common scold in the United States was in
1971.
A woman named Marion Dunlevy was arrested, fingerprinted, and indicted as a common scold
after engaging in an argument with two of her male neighbours over a parked car. The case was
thrown out but “Communis Rixatrix�? was still on the books in the United States in 1994
~University of Regina Lecture, Psychology of Women Class, Copyright of Shauna Born
January 18, 2009
goodkitten commented on the word rixatrix
Im pretty sure this was my first word I ever saw on Wordnik ..... Ah, the memories..
July 8, 2012