termagant

termagant meaning in Vietnamese

Examples of termagant in a sentence

• Yonder is Sarah Marlborough's palace, just as it stood when that termagant occupied it.1861 November, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “George the Third”, in The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life...
• 'And I have been assuring her that the boys who arrive here thimbleriggers and termagants are the least of our worries.1980, Bernard Mac Laverty, chapter 6, in Lamb (King Penguin), Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1985, →OCLC, page...
• The name of Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates, has become proverbial for a termagant.1907, Plato, “[Index] Σωκράτης, -ους”, in Isaac Flagg, editor, The Apology and Crito, New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Oh.: American Book...
• The remuneration was not something to be sneeze at, but I had to remain cheerful and composed even in the face of a hostile dean, spoiled students and termagant parents.2025 September 4, Danton Remoto, “What ifs in one’s life”, in The Manila Times, retrieved 07 Sep 2025:

Synonyms of termagant

• battle axe
• bitch
• brim
• brimstone
• cat
• crow
• dragon
• fishwife
• harpy
• harridan

All synonyms of termagant

Forms of termagant

Origin of termagant

PIE word *tréyes The noun is derived from Termagant (“fictitious deity with a violent temperament represented as being worshipped by Muslims or other non-Christians”), from Middle English Termagaunt (“fictitious deity represented as being worshipped by Muslims; any pagan god”), from Anglo-Norman Tervagant, Tervagaunt, Tervagan, and Old French Tervagant, Tervagan (possibly with the addition of Anglo-Norman -aunt, Old French -ant (suffix forming present participles of verbs, some of which were used as nouns); modern French Tervagant (historical)); further etymology uncertain, one common suggestion being that it is from Latin ter (“three times, thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vagāns (“rambling, wandering”) (the present active participle of vagor (“to ramble, roam, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, wandering”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hwogos) + -or (inflected form of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Medieval French chansons de geste named Termagant as one of three deities supposedly worshipped by Muslims, the others being Apollin and Mahound, and the name may allude to the wandering of the moon (the...

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English Termagaunt (“fictitious deity represented as being worshipped by Muslims; any pagan god”), from Anglo-Norman Tervagant, Tervagaunt, Tervagan, and Old French Tervagant, Tervagan (possibly with the addition of Anglo-Norman -aunt, Old French -ant (suffix forming past participles of verbs, some of which were used as nouns); modern French Tervagant (historical)); further etymology uncertain, one common suggestion being that it is from Latin ter (“three times, thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vagāns (“rambling, wandering”) (the present active participle of vagor (“to ramble, roam, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, wandering”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hwogos) + -or (inflected form of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Medieval French chansons de geste named Termagant as one of three deities supposedly worshipped by Muslims, the others being Apollin and Mahound, and the name may allude to the wandering of the moon (the crescent moon being a common symbol of Islam) in the form of the mythological goddesses Selene in heaven, Diana on earth, and Proserpina in the underworld.

Words formed from termagant

• termagancy
• termagantish
• termagantism
• termagantly

Questions about termagant

What does termagant mean?

Termagant means a brawling, boisterous, and turbulent person or thing.

What is termagant in Vietnamese?

Termagant in Vietnamese is bà cô. See Termagant meaning in Vietnamese.

How do you use termagant in a sentence?

Yonder is Sarah Marlborough's palace, just as it stood when that termagant occupied it.

What part of speech is termagant?

Termagant can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce termagant?

Termagant is pronounced /ˈtɜːməɡ(ə)nt/ (UK).

What is the plural of termagant?

The plural of termagant is termagants.