<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>X</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFAFA" text="#330000"> <h1>The Letter X</h1> <div class="entry"> <h2>XANTIPPE</h2> <p>a Scold; the Name of <i>Socrates</i>'s scolding Wife; who never cold move his Patience, tho' by premeditated and repeated Injuries. Whence it is used for any Shrew, or scolding, brawling Woman.</p> </div> </body> </html>