Termagant Definition

tûrmə-gənt
noun
A boisterous, quarrelsome, scolding woman; shrew.
Webster's New World
Macaulay.
The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
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An imaginary deity believed by medieval Christians to be worshiped by Muslims and represented in morality plays as a boisterous, overbearing figure.
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adjective
Of the nature of a termagant; quarrelsome; scolding.
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pronoun

(archaic) An imaginary deity with a violent temperament who featured in medieval mystery plays, represented as being worshiped by Muslims.

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Other Word Forms of Termagant

Noun

Singular:
termagant
Plural:
termagants

Origin of Termagant

  • From Middle English Termagaunt imaginary Muslim deity portrayed as a violent and overbearing character in medieval mystery plays alteration of Tervagant from Old French

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French Tervagant, from Italian Trivagante, interpreted as being from Latin tri- + vagari (“wander").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Termagant.

    From Wiktionary

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