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termagant    
n. 嘴碎女人;悍妇

嘴碎女人;悍妇

termagant
n 1: a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman [synonym: {shrew},
{termagant}]

Termagant \Ter"ma*gant\, n. [OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant
(in sense 1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante.]
1. An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a
Moslem 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.
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The lesser part on Christ believed well,
On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. --Fairfax.
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2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly
applied to both sexes, now only to women.
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This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh.
--Bale (1543).
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The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
--Macaulay.
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Termagant \Ter"ma*gant\, a.
Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome;
scolding. -- {Ter"ma*gant*ly}, adv.
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A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
--Arbuthnot.
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