Xanthippe /zænˈθɪpi/ noun1 •(disapproving, old-fashioned) An ill-tempered woman.Be she as foule as was Florentius Loue, / As old as Sibell, and as curst and shrow'd / As Socrates Zentippe, or a worse: / She moues me not, or not remoues at least / Affections edge in me. — 1590 formsXanthippes