ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from fish + wife
1. : a woman who sells fish at retail
2. : a scurrilously abusive woman
began to berate them in the coarse language of a fishwife — Louis Bromfield
ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from fish + wife
1. : a woman who sells fish at retail
2. : a scurrilously abusive woman
began to berate them in the coarse language of a fishwife — Louis Bromfield
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012