Definition of "termagant" in English

noun

1. (archaic) A brawling, boisterous, and turbulent person or thing.

2. (specifically, derogatory) A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.

adjective

1. (archaic) Having the temperament of a termagant (noun noun, sense 1); bad-tempered, brawling, boisterous, turbulent.

2. (specifically, derogatory) Of a woman, her behaviour, etc.: censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome; scolding, shrewish.