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Definition: Termagant |
TermagantNoun1. A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "termagant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | TERMAGANT. An outrageous scold from Termagantes, a cruel Pagan, formerly represented in diners shows and entertainments, where being dressed a la Turque, in long clothes, he was mistaken for a furious woman. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: TermagantSynonym: shrew (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Irascibility | Sir Fretful Plagiary; brabbler, Tartar; shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe; porcupine; spitfire; fire eater; (blusterer); fury; (violent person). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Termagant |
| English words defined with "termagant": Termagancy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "termagant": DEVIL'S DAUGHTER ♦ HELL CAT. (references) |
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| "Termagant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Termagant" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "termagant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtrigë (Beldam, beldame, cummer, gorgon, hag, hex, lamia, medicaster, medicine man, necromancer, night-hag, witch), gërnjar (bitchy, carping, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, fussy, grouch, grouchy, grouse, grouser, grumbler, nag, nagger, nagging, peevish, pettish, petulant, quarrelsome, shrewish, wrangler). (various references) | |
Arabic | مشاكس (aggressive, bitchy, cantankerous, contentious, currish, dissentious, fresh, obstreperous, ornery, petulant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rowdy, sorehead, truculent), سليط, صاخب (boisterous, discordant, furious, gusty, loud, loudmouthed, obstreperous, rackety, randy, rattling, raucous, riotous, rip roaring, roistering, saturnine, shrill, staring, tempestuous, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), إمرأة سليطة (shrew, virago), إمرأة صاخبة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сърдитко (grump), свадлив (cantankerous, contentious, crabbed, crusty, cursed, quarrelsome, rowdy, shrewish, ugly, vixenish), зла жена (fury, shrew). (various references) | |
Czech | svárlivý (argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitchy, cantankerous, contentious, quarrelsome), saò (cat). (various references) | |
French | mégère, harpie. (various references) | |
German | Zankteufel (virago, viragos, vixen), zanksüchtig (termagantly), megäre (megaera, shrew, vixen, Xanthippe), furie (fury, hellcat). (various references) | |
Greek | στρίγκλα (harpy, maenad, scold), φιλόνικη γυναίκα (scold), φιλοτάραχη γυναίκα, εριστικόσ (combative, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rowdy, vixenish). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרשעת (harpy, harridan, shrew, virago), סוררת (vixen), ר'ן (malcontent, quarrelsome, querulous), ר' ית. (various references) | |
Hungarian | házsártos (cranky, cross-grained, frumpish, grousing, gruff, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rambunctious, scold, shrewd, shrewish, vixenish), hárpia (brimstone, catamaran, harpy, shrew). (various references) | |
Italian | virago, megera (beldame, harridan, jezebel, shrew, virago, vixen, Xanthippe). (various references) | |
Manx | troiddeyder (bickerer, chider, quarreller, scolder, squabbler), tarmaneagh, postyr dy ven, joushag (sharper, shrew). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ermaganttay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | turbulento (bacchic, disorderly, fractious, higgledy-piggledy, inordinate, knockabout, noisy, obstreperous, rackety, rampageous, randy, riotous, rowdy, rumbustious, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, unquiet), turbulenta (vixenish), virago (virago), mulher desordeira, megera (beldam, randy, shrew, shrewish, vixen, Xanthippe), desordeiro (plug-ugly, rioter, riotous, rough-neck, rowdy, ruffianly, scourer), briguento (cantankerous, pugnacious, quarrelsome). (various references) | |
Romanian | zgripţuroaicã (crone, grimalkin, hag, vixen), viespe (hornet, scold, shrew, vixen), scorpie (devil's daughter, fury, hag, Randy, scorpion, shrew, virago, vixen), rãutãcioasã, furie (anger, fierceness, frenzy, fury, hastiness, ire, madness, mood, rage, shrew, temper, violence, wax, wrath), ciumã (fright, fury, hag, lues, murrain, plague, scarecrow, shrew, vixen), caţã (gossip, scold). (various references) | |
Russian | сварливый (cantankerous, contentious, currish, grumpy, ill tempered, peevish, quarrelsome, shrewish, stroppy, vixenish), сварливая женщина (cat, nagger, rater, scold, virago, vixen), фурия (fury). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svađalica (battle axe, brawler, vixen), svađalački, šindivila. (various references) | |
Spanish | arpía (battle axe, battle-ax, harpy, shrew, virago). (various references) | |
Swedish | ragata (shrew, termagent, virago, vixen, Xanthippe). (various references) | |
Turkish | cadaloz (battle axe, bitch, grimalkin, hag, harridan, old cat, scold, shrew, shrewish, spiteful, virago, vixen), cadı kadın (bitch, scold, shrew), şirret (bitchy, gorgon, hussy, huzzy, shrew, shrewish, virago). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сварливий (angular, cantankerous, contentious, currish, doggish, frumpish, grumpy, ill tempered, ill-conditioned, peevish, pugnacious, quarreling, quarrelling, quarrelsome, shrewish, ugly), грубіян (bearish, bucko, cad, chuff, churl, cur, nowt, snapper, twerp, tyke, ugly customer), мегера (virago, vixen). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thích đánh nhau (bellicose, pugnacious, scrappy), người đ n b lắm điều, người đ n b lăng lo n (minx, vixen), lắm điều (vixenish), lăng lo n (vixenish), hay gây gổ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "termagant": termagants. (additional references) | |
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"Termagant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: temagant, tergamant, termagan, termagante, termagent, termigant, tormogen, Trenaman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-m-n-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: garment, gateman, magenta, magnate, manager, margent, nametag, ramenta, regatta, regmata, tanager, tangram, trangam. | |
-3 letters: agnate, argent, engram, garnet, german, magnet, manage, manger, mantra, marten, matter, natter, ragman, ragmen, ramate, rattan, ratten, tantra, target, tartan. | |
-4 letters: agate, agent, ament, anear, anger, antae, antra, antre, arena, armet, atman, attar, gamer, grama, grana, grant, grate, great. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-m-n-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: termagants. | |
+2 letters: fragmentate, maltreating. | |
+3 letters: fragmentated, fragmentates, transmigrate. | |
+4 letters: argumentation, argumentative, fragmentating, fragmentation, transmigrated, transmigrates. | |
+5 letters: argumentations, fragmentations, tetragrammaton. | |
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