Definitions
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
Word origin
From 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”).
Used in a sentence
“The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him.”
“His wife was a shrew with warts on her face and she spoke to him sharply when others were present, but Simcha did not complain.”
““Cease thy squalling, thou shrew!””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tiny long-snouted mammal”5 letters
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