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Definition of termagants in English English dictionary
- plural of termagant
- Termagant
- an imaginary deity with a violent temperament who featured in medieval mystery plays, represented as being worshiped by Muslims
- termagant
- Quarrelsome and scolding or censorious; shrewish
These bishops with their termagant wives throw the book at us and say believe because I demand belief and by God I will burn or hang and quarter you if you do not.
- termagant
- violently abusive and quarrelsome
- termagant
- {a} turbulent, furious
- termagant
- A violent, brawling woman
- termagant
- {n} a scold
- Termagant
- an imaginary deity with a violent temperament who featured in mediaevel mystery plays, represented as being worshipped by Muslims
- termagant
- scolding or shrewish
- termagant
- A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women
- termagant
- Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding
- termagant
- a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- termagant
- A quarrelsome, scolding woman
- termagant
- He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous
- termagant
- {i} shrewish and quarrelsome woman
- termagant
- An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god