harridan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a scolding (even vicious) old woman

WordNet

Har"ri*dan noun
Etymology
F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.
Definitions
  1. A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
    Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.

Webster 1913