Termagant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.

II. Termagant ·noun A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person;

— formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.

III. Termagant ·noun 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.

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