ʃru: n. 1 anysmall usu. insect-eating mouselike mammal of thefamily Soricidae, with a long pointedsnout. 2 a bad-tempered or scolding woman. øøshrewish adj. (in sense 2). shrewishly adv. shrewishness n. [OE screawa, scrówa shrew-mouse: cf. OHG scrawaz dwarf, MHG schrawaz etc. devil]