TERMAGANT

shrew, termagant

(noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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