Definition of Termagant

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shrewish and quarrelsome woman

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(n.)
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.

(n.)
A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.

(a.)
Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.

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termagant
\ter"ma*gant\, a. tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- ter"ma*gant*ly , adv. a termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
termagant
\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.] "and oftentimes by termagant and mahound [mahomet] swore." the lesser part on christ believed well, on termagant the more, and on mahound.
2. a boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women. this terrible termagant, this nero, this pharaoh. (1543). the slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
termagant
n : a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman [syn: shrew]

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