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termagant
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TERMAGANT
a.Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous or furious; quarrelsome; scolding. The eldest was a termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
TERMAGANT
n.A boisterous, brawling, turbulent woman. It seems in Shakespeare to have been used of men. In ancient farces and puppet-shows, termagant was a vociferous, tumultuous deity. She threw his periwig into the fire. Well, said he, thou are a brave termagant.
The sprites of fiery termagants in flame--
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TERMAGANT
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.
TERMAGANT
TERMAGANT Ter "ma *gant, a.
Defn: Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- Ter "ma *gant *ly, adv. A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. Arbuthnot.
New American Oxford Dictionary
termagant
ter ma gant |ˈtərməgənt ˈtərməɡənt | ▶noun 1 a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman. 2 ( Termagant ) historical an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays. ORIGIN Middle English ( sense 2 ): via Old French from Italian Trivigante, taken to be from Latin tri- ‘three ’ + vagant- ‘wandering, ’ and to refer to the moon “wandering ” between heaven, earth, and hell under the three names Selene, Artemis, and Persephone.
Oxford Dictionary
termagant
termagant |ˈtəːməg (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman. 2 ( Termagant ) historical an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 ): via Old French from Italian Trivagante, taken to be from Latin tri- ‘three ’ + vagant- ‘wandering ’, and to refer to the moon ‘wandering ’ between heaven, earth, and hell under the three names Selene, Artemis, and Persephone.
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