I. -gənt sometimes -ˌgant or -ˌgaa(ə)nt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English Tervagant, Termagant, imaginary Muslim deity represented in medieval mystery plays as a boisterous character
1. obsolete : a brawling boisterous turbulent person
2. : an overbearing, quarrelsome, scolding, or nagging woman : shrew , virago
matrimonial adventures of an extremely rich and bullying termagant — Saturday Review
II. adjective
: tumultuous , turbulent , boisterous
life … wrecked by a termagant mother — Newsweek
• ter·ma·gant·ly adverb