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Definition of: termagant

(tûrmə·gənt) noun
A scolding or abusive woman; shrew.
adjective Violently abusive and quarrelsome; vixenish.
[<TERMAGANT]
—ter′ma·gan
cy noun

Definition of: Termagant

(tûrmə·gənt)
An idol or imaginary deity of very turbulent, overbearing character that the medieval romances represented Moslems as worshiping. Also Ter′·ma·gaunt, Ter′ma·gund (-gənd).

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