brawling+woman
1A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed — is a Jacobean era stage play, often classified as a city comedy. Its authorship was traditionally attributed to William Rowley, though modern sholarship has questioned Rowley s sole authorship; Thomas Heywood and George Wilkins have been proposed …
2termagant — termagantly, adv. /terr meuh geuhnt/, n. 1. a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman. 2. (cap.) a mythical deity popularly believed in the Middle Ages to be worshiped by the Muslims and introduced into the morality play as a violent, overbearing… …
3termagant — /ˈtɜməgənt / (say termuhguhnt) noun 1. a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman. –adjective 2. violent; turbulent; brawling; shrewish. {Middle English Termagaunt, Tervagant, from Old French Tervagan a supposed Muslim deity, represented in some… …
4common scold — noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault • Syn: ↑scold, ↑scolder, ↑nag, ↑nagger • Derivationally related forms: ↑nag (for: ↑nagger), ↑ …
5Proverbs 21 — 1 The king s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the… …
6termagant — n. Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman …
7common scold — (in early common law) a habitually rude and brawling woman whose conduct was subject to punishment as a public nuisance. [1760 70] * * * …
8Proverbs 25 — 1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the… …
9termagant — ter•ma•gant [[t]ˈtɜr mə gənt[/t]] n. 1) a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman 2) lit. sbz (cap.) a mythical deity believed in the Middle Ages to be worshiped by the Muslims: portrayed in morality plays as a violent, overbearing personage 3)… …
10termagant — A violent, brawling woman …
