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termagancy
Variant of termagant
noun
- an imaginary deity supposed by medieval Christians to be worshiped by Muslims and represented in morality plays as a boisterous, overbearing figure
- a boisterous, quarrelsome, scolding woman; shrew
adjective
of the nature of a termagant; quarrelsome; scolding
Related Forms:
- termagancy noun
- termagantly adverb
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