About The Word Termagant
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Termagant
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What's The Definition Of Termagant?
[n] a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Synonyms | Synonyms for Termagant: shrew Related Terms | Find terms related to Termagant: 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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