Termagant

• “Ter - magant, Mr a — a — Termagant, Harriet, Termagant* you vile minx, you faucy —”

  Internet Archive: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments Performed on the British Stage ...

• “According to many medieval European sources, "Termagant" was the deity worshipped by Muslims; it's found, for instance, in the Chanson de Roland I had forgotten that until I saw the word again.”

  Some Break Reading and a Thousand Carnivals

• “* "Chapati Mystery" speculates on the word 'Termagant'.”

  Some Break Reading and a Thousand Carnivals

• “Termagant" at once to Gibraltar, without understanding that she was just from there and had on board his clothes left for washing; in consequence of which precipitancy she "carried all my things, even to my last shirt, back again.”

  The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

• “July 25th, being then off Tarifa, a little west of Gibraltar, the sloop-of-war "Termagant," one of his own Mediterranean cruisers, came alongside, and brought him a newspaper, received from Lisbon, containing an account of the report carried to England by the”

  The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

• “I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant.”

  The Huffington Post: George Heymont: Laying a Clear Dramatic Foundation

• “You google Termagant 2 and get more hits than your real name.”

  Seven Signs of Snarkly Addiction

• “Termagant is a super word, with medieval beginnings too.”

  In Defense of Bitterness

• “My own blog is only a few days old, so the readership is small, but I just added an entry entitled "The Infamous Hysterical Termagant, Heo Cwaeth" to make sure people read this post - it is priceless.”

  In Defense of Bitterness

• “The Termagant Tribe now opens the floor to nominations.”

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