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Termagant

Termagant Meaning & Definition
Termagant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Termagant?

[n] a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

Synonyms | Synonyms for Termagant: shrew

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See Also | disagreeable woman | unpleasant woman | virago

Termagant In Webster's Dictionary

\Ter"ma*gant\, n. [OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant (in sense 1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante.] 1. An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. ``And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [Mahomet] swore.'' --Spenser. The lesser part on Christ believed well, On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. --Fairfax. 2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women. This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh. --Bale (1543). The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. --Macaulay.
\Ter"ma*gant\, a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- {Ter"ma*gant*ly}, adv. A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. --Arbuthnot.

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