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TermagantTermagant Ter"ma*gant, a.
Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome;
scolding. -- Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv.
A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
--Arbuthnot. 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
Mohammedan 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.
The lesser part on Christ believed well, On
Termagant the more, and on Mahound. --Fairfax.
2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly
applied to both sexes, now only to women.
This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh.
--Bale (1543).
The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
--Macaulay.
Meaning of Termagant from wikipedia
- In the
Middle Ages,
Termagant or
Tervagant was the name of a god that some
European Christians believed Muslims worshipped. It
originates in the eleventh-century...
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Seven ships of the
Royal Navy have
borne the name HMS
Termagant,
after Termagant, a god that
Medieval Europeans believed Muslims worshipped, and that later...
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depicted as part of a
fictional trinity,
alongside ****me (****und) and
Termagant (Termagaunt),
which the poem
attributes to the
religious practices of...
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Termagant (foaled 28
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- HMS
Termagant was a T-class
destroyer of the
Royal Navy that saw
service during the
Second World War. She was
built by
William Denny and Brothers, of...
- more
literary alternatives (all
deriving from
mythological names) are
termagant, harpy, and fury.
Shrew derives from
Middle English shrewe for 'evil or...
- sixth-rate
corvette of the
Royal Navy. She was
launched in 1822 as HMS
Termagant,
commissioned in 1824 as HMS
Herald and
converted to a
survey ship in...
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- HMS
Termagant was an 18-gun
sloop of the
Royal Navy. She was
launched in 1796 and sold in 1819.
Termagant performed convoy duty
during the
French Revolutionary...
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