termagant
noun · adjectiveB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(archaic)A brawling, boisterous, and turbulent person or thing.
- 2.
(derogatory, specifically)A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
Đồng nghĩa: battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, crow, dragon, faggot, fishwife, harpy, harridan, hellcat, jade, nag, nudnik, scold, she-devil, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen, witch
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(archaic)Having the temperament of a termagant (noun sense 1); bad-tempered, brawling, boisterous, turbulent.
- 2.
(derogatory, specifically)Of a woman, her behaviour, etc.: censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome; scolding, shrewish.
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tréyes The noun is derived from Termagant, from Middle English Termagaunt, from Tervagant, Tervagaunt, Tervagan, and Old French Tervagant, Tervagan (possibly with the addition of -aunt, Old French -ant; modern Tervagant historical);