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termagant
[ tur-muh-guhnt ]
noun
- a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
- (initial capital letter) a mythical deity popularly believed in the Middle Ages to be worshiped by the Muslims and introduced into the morality play as a violent, overbearing personage in long robes.
adjective
- violent; turbulent; brawling; shrewish.
termagant
/ ˈtɜːməɡənt /
noun
- a shrewish woman; scold
- ( as modifier )
a termagant woman
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Derived Forms
- ˈtermagantly, adverb
- ˈtermagancy, noun
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Other Words From
- terma·gant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of termagant1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of termagant1
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Example Sentences
More termagant now than sex goddess, she was last seen as Martha in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Miss Gurney was not a beautiful woman at best, and her rage transformed her into a veritable termagant.
Mary was placed in the charge of Shrewsbury and his termagant spouse, Bess of Hardwick.
If she be passionate, want of manners makes her termagant and a scold, which is much at one with lunatic.
This was one of the rare occasions when the termagant was strangely chary about giving offence.
Handsome Feilding at once proceeded to materialise his bargain, and at last the termagant was tamed.
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