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