Termagant

  1. Proper noun.  (archaic) An imaginary deity with a violent temperament who featured in medieval mystery plays, represented as being worshiped by Muslims.
  2. Noun.  A quarrelsome, scolding woman, especially one who is old and shrewd.
  3. Adjective.  Quarrelsome and scolding or censorious; shrewish.

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