Synonyms for termagants
noun foxy personRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
Word Origin & History
c.1500, "violent, overbearing person" (especially of women), from Teruagant, Teruagaunt (c.1200), name of a fictitious Muslim deity appearing in medieval morality plays, from Old French Tervagant, a proper name in "Chanson de Roland" (c.1100), of uncertain origin.
Example Sentences fortermagants
The floor was covered an inch deep with water, through which the termagants splashed.
She is high mettled, but I have dealt with termagants before—and brought them down, by God!
"Termagants" was applied to resisters, as used in the old morality plays.