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termagant

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ter·ma·gant  (tûrm-gnt)
n.
A quarrelsome, scolding woman; a shrew.
adj.
Shrewish; scolding.
[From Middle English Termagaunt, imaginary Muslim deity portrayed as a violent and overbearing character in medieval mystery plays, alteration of Tervagant, from Old French.]
termagant
Noun
Literary an unpleasant, aggressive, and overbearing woman [earlier Tervagaunt, after an arrogant character in medieval mystery plays]
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Noun1.termagant - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
shrew
disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person
virago - a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
yenta - (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
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The magic of money transformed this termagant and terrible person into a docile and attentive nurse--so eager to follow my instructions exactly that she begged me to commit them to writing before I went away.
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With that thought, however, came a mental picture of Naratu, the black termagant, who ruled him with an iron hand.
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These several duties were soon performed, and, as darkness now began to conceal the objects on the surrounding prairie, the shrill-toned termagant, whose voice since the halt had been diligently exercised among her idle and drowsy offspring, announced, in tones that might have been heard at a dangerous distance, that the evening meal waited only for the approach of those who were to consume it.
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