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Definition of termagant in English: termagantnoun ˈtəːməɡ(ə)ntˈtərməɡənt 1A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman. 悍妇，泼妇 Example sentencesExamples - I like to imagine my mother a harried and frantic termagant, slightly crazed and in distinct need of sedation.
- He rolled his eyes at his mother, who was practically puffing up in indignation for the termagant who had all but threw him out of her home after the argument they had about the engagement.
- At the dawn of the U.S. civil rights era, black stereotypes - the shiftless coon, termagant Mammy, servile Uncle Tom - remained the order of the day in popular American mass entertainment.
- Dearest, if I'm one, then you must be a termagant, a misandrist and all its synonyms rolled into one.
- The sextet devoted way too much ribaldry to speech impediments and Jesus' termagant mum, and the film-making craft, which I'd remembered as spiffy, now looked slack.
- Rourke was sure he would not want to face the termagant anytime soon.
- Your highness, sorry about the shrieking termagant!
2historical An imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays. 〈史〉特马根（形象狂暴、蛮横，常出现于道德剧中的神）
OriginMiddle English (in sense 2): via Old French from Italian Trivagante, taken to be from Latin tri- 'three' + vagant- 'wandering', and to refer to the moon ‘wandering’ between heaven, earth, and hell under the three names Selene, Artemis, and Persephone. Definition of termagant in US English: termagantnounˈtərməɡəntˈtərməɡənt 1A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman. 悍妇，泼妇 Example sentencesExamples - Rourke was sure he would not want to face the termagant anytime soon.
- The sextet devoted way too much ribaldry to speech impediments and Jesus' termagant mum, and the film-making craft, which I'd remembered as spiffy, now looked slack.
- Your highness, sorry about the shrieking termagant!
- I like to imagine my mother a harried and frantic termagant, slightly crazed and in distinct need of sedation.
- At the dawn of the U.S. civil rights era, black stereotypes - the shiftless coon, termagant Mammy, servile Uncle Tom - remained the order of the day in popular American mass entertainment.
- He rolled his eyes at his mother, who was practically puffing up in indignation for the termagant who had all but threw him out of her home after the argument they had about the engagement.
- Dearest, if I'm one, then you must be a termagant, a misandrist and all its synonyms rolled into one.
2historical An imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays. 〈史〉特马根（形象狂暴、蛮横，常出现于道德剧中的神）
OriginMiddle English (in termagant (sense 2)): via Old French from Italian Trivagante, taken to be from Latin tri- ‘three’ + vagant- ‘wandering’, and to refer to the moon ‘wandering’ between heaven, earth, and hell under the three names Selene, Artemis, and Persephone. |