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5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
noun small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
originFrom Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0