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TERMAGANT
shrew, termagant
(noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Termagant
(archaic) A fictitious deity with a violent temperament who featured in medieval mystery plays, represented as being worshiped by Muslims
Anagrams
• target man
Etymology
Noun
termagant (plural termagants)
A quarrelsome, scolding woman, especially one who is old and shrewish.
(obsolete) A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person, whether male or female.
Synonyms
• (quarrelsome woman): See Thesaurus:shrew
Adjective
termagant (comparative more termagant, superlative most termagant)
Quarrelsome and scolding or censorious; shrewish.
Anagrams
• target man
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"ma*gant, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
– Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv. A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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