"You're such a termagant!"
n. A quarrelsome, scolding woman; a shrew.
adj.
Shrewish; scolding.
The magic of money transformed this termagant and terrible person into a docile and attentive nurse--so eager to follow my instructions exactly that she begged me to commit them to writing before I went away.The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie
Word's Origin:
imaginary Muslim deity portrayed as a violent and overbearing character in medieval mystery plays
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