Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/October 28

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Word of the day
for October 28
Xanthippe n
  1. (literary, derogatory, dated) An ill-tempered woman.

Today is Ohi Day (Anniversary of the “No”) in Greece, which marks the rejection by Ioannis Metaxas of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s ultimatum in 1940 during World War II to allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory.

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