| 单词 | termagant |
| 例句 | Lorena wasn’t just any fury wronged by a man but a hot-blooded Latin termagant. "Lorena" confronts the truth about the Bobbitts — and how America failed her 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Well, not “termagant” because they can’t spell it, but you get the point. Do you trust the perception of creeps? Why are women scared to call themselves feminists? 2012-12-03T19:21:00Z Henry’s wife, Aminta, under the guise of “Timidia,” will mimic a quiet young thing, then, once “married,” turn into a termagant, thereby enabling Henry to extricate his uncle from the predicament, and gaining his favor. Review: 'A Silent Woman' With a Big Voice 2010-07-27T11:30:00Z Her eldest son, Alec, returns home with his termagant wife when their house collapses. Men Should Weep - review 2010-10-26T23:25:00Z She can make a big joke – though the humour of "I hate men" when sung as a termagant roaring is pretty threadbare – but she is not habitually light. Birthday; Kiss Me Kate; Get Stuff Break Free – review 2012-06-30T23:05:59Z James Flexner went so far as to call her a "termagant." Perspective | Five myths about George Washington 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z It was someone laying down the law — without worrying that a man would label her a virago or harridan or termagant. Opinion | Hating the Word ‘Hate’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z In contrast, Trump in the White House, judging from both Woodward and the Times op-ed, is the same arrogant, ignorant and cruel termagant who displayed all his ugly impulses daily on television in 2016. The anonymous op-ed writer is just another Trump enabler – not a rebel | Walter Shapiro 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “VOTE NOW!” the OED would urge, “to see whether ‘twerk’ will be joining the dictionary, or we never get to say ‘termagant’ again!” Of course ‘twerk’ belongs in the Oxford English Dictionary 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z While the parson is in this condition, enters Mrs. Slipshod—a veritable Grendel's mother— "Terrible termagant, mindful of mischief," and attacks the landlady, with fearsome results of uprooted hair and defaced feature. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z You thought yourself mighty clever, I'll be bound," the termagant continued, "to go off while I was asleep, my man! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Here she repeated her question so fiercely--asking me besides if I were mad, and the like--and showed herself such a termagant, that I had no option but to answer her. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z I saw the termagant as she passed my door, tagging after the thief-taker, who looked surly enough, but evidently was no match for the dirty shrew at his heels. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The first was the death of that vigorous old termagant Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z However, when drunk—and in spite of the laws against liquor being sold to them, this is by no means uncommon—they are prone to seek close quarters and act like angry termagants. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z "Then she'll keep it somewhere else, not here!" the termagant answered in a fury. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z "Good gracious, what a termagant!" she exclaimed, and at once thrust her right hand into the pocket, and drew forth the vial which had been sent by the surgeon to Lady Hastings. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He produces an almost forgotten luxury—a solid hard-tack; spreads upon it a thick layer of wild-currant jam, and hands it to the little termagant who is deafening me with screams. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z "I've got the makings of a termagant, my dear boy, but it will be all right if you rule me with a velvet glove," she had remarked within five minutes of their first kiss. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z For the sake of the lesson, it should be understood that she was thus truly benevolent and kindly, and no vulgar termagant or scold. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z "No doubt she is a termagant of a woman," he murmured, but face her he must. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z She was always a termagant—but of a very different description from the vulgar Castlemaine. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z You’ve got a termagant to deal with, I can tell you. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z She rattled through the remainder of the scene with the manner of a youthful termagant. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The other rushed out to meet her, and there followed a clamour of tongues such as I never before heard—each termagant resolute to outscold the other. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z She soon gets over it, and the old termagant must give in at last, for they can do nothing without her. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z "Wait a little while, you old termagant, this is for the box on the ears I got," he said to himself. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z “Yours, are they?” said Claverton, when he had recovered from the shout of laughter which her idea of a “termagant” had evoked. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z His heart was bleeding for the wounds inflicted by that little termagant upstairs upon this gentle woman who continued to sit with her handkerchief to her eyes. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z “I am certain,” thought Rameses, “that that chattering termagant robs me for her Jews, who vanish in the daytime but are prowling around in the night, like rats in the nastiest corners!” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z While all the rest of the establishment enjoyed peace and quietness from the fury of their termagant dame, matters still grew worse and worse between the fascinated pair. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z She was now an outraged queen and now a fiery little termagant. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z She was a termagant that ruled her whole family, scolded her sisters, bullied her brothers, and was the terror of everyone. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Miss Gurney was not a beautiful woman at best, and her rage transformed her into a veritable termagant. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Like a high-strung, violent termagant, the lately-defeated rebels now clamored for the ruling of their own States in their own way, to the complete exclusion of the lawful rights of all others. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z She cried because for the moment she saw things in the same light and from the same angle as that old termagant—may her bones lie unburied! A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z You can act the part of the termagant to the life, Mistress Georgia. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z She half rose as though she would have flown at him, but a glance from Pratt quelled her, and she sat down with more meekness than could have been expected from such a redoubtable termagant. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z A husband who is suspected of having a termagant wife, is made the subject of espionage. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z In incidental allusions he lets us know that he had been engaged in trade, that his wife was a termagant, and that his children were ill brought up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Mrs Holt, stout, comfortable and good-tempered, quite incompetent when it came to controlling a house in the Finchley Road, was not of the termagant type that Victoria had expected when she became a companion. A Bed of Roses The most termagant of mothers-in-law hesitates to attack a daughter-in-law who has no fear of men or of demons, and who is fully equal to any emergency. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The termagant is not fit to carry water for her bath. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Also, I proposed to hie me to Little Ferry alone, interview the termagant in question and make her disgorge, in case she was illegally detaining words meant for another. A Top-Floor Idyl The queen found relief in the quiet and respectful demeanour of her attendant, and gradually came to prefer her society to that of the termagant and tempestuous duchess. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Her father, pompous enough outside, was as wax in the hands of his termagant second wife, and, though his sympathies were secretly with the girl, he never dared protect her. Young Wallingford A minor example of this error may be found in the support accorded the axe-wielding termagant by women of pure aims but misdirected energies and enthusiasms. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) The termagant lady was in the habit, it seems, of rating her husband roundly before company. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 “Little termagant!” he rejoined lovingly, drawing one of the hands which was linked round his arm into his. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion He was vaguely conscious only of a scene suggesting with cruel cleverness the interior of a shabby-genteel New York flat and of a few figures peopling it, all dominated by a heavy-limbed, harsh-voiced termagant. The Destroying Angel Is there really much to choose between the parent plaintively appealing for filial gratitude and the termagant wife insistently clamoring for love. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home Tom’s wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm. Devil Stories An Anthology And, just think what it would mean if you married a plain, shapeless lass and she proved to have a temper like a termagant! My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Some of our human natures may run termagant; but, on the whole, we men and women love. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 I could stand up and face and argue with a man without flinching; but somehow the rasping savagery of a termagant woman always overcame me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 That is to say, if the latter designation meant a termagant or scold. When Ghost Meets Ghost A furious termagant addressed her, telling her that she must dismiss all such courtiers as ruin kings, and that she must love the inhabitants of her good city. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Lords and pugilists—Penny “Gaffs”—Steam between England and America—A man-woman—Designs for Nelson Monument—A termagant—Scold’s bridles, &c. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Inwardly, he was wondering if he had any right to inflict this termagant tanner on his unsuspecting friend, the detective. The Monk of Hambleton We must remember, in extenuation, that the executive, the destroying hand of Douglas was over him: “It was time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid him scot and lot too.” Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Virago of an aunt; regular termagant; hates the girl! The Strollers It was now Lady Mary's turn to show confusion at the old termagant's talk, and she coloured as red as a sunset on the coast of Kerry. The O'Ruddy A Romance In the morning there was the little termagant again with that same triumph on her face, talking more than usual at the breakfast table, and foolishly, as she hadn't since Jeffrey came. The Prisoner Yonder is Sarah Marlborough's palace, just as it stood when that termagant occupied it. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The old termagant's face seemed all paint and large gold-rimmed spectacles, and peering eyes. A Nest of Spies From that time, Libbie lost her awe of the termagant in interest for the mother, whose all was ventured in so frail a bark. The Grey Woman and other Tales And I was the termagant who must have put it there, though I have no memory of doing so. The Prairie Child And Anne couldn't find a word to crush the little termagant. The Prisoner Such a little termagant as Bessie Hatch looked at that moment, with her black eyes flashing, her hands clinched, and her cheeks like two flaming poppies! Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The mother whom she had idolized, and of whom she always remained excessively fond, appears to have been something of a termagant in her later years. Famous Women: George Sand That while she scolded, pretty nearly, everybody else, "till her name was up" in the neighbourhood for a termagant, to him she was evidently most tender and gentle. The Grey Woman and other Tales I could run a ranch, I suppose, if I still had one, but two or three years of such work would see me a hatchet-faced old termagant with fallen arches and a prairie-squint. The Prairie Child “Mother” to him is a dear woman with a gentle voice, always dressed in black, sitting by the window of home; to another she is a shrieking termagant, whose phrases are punctuated by blows. English: Composition and Literature They've taken a notion to speak for themselves, And are wielding the tongue and the pen; They've mounted the rostrum; the termagant elves, And—oh horrid!—are talking to men! History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The Archduchess, who is foolhardy and insolent, does not deserve such a lover, and it is grievous to think that such a termagant should have so much power over such a man. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange And believe me, I’m naught now save a big red-haired termagant. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 It has been the fashion with biographers to speak bitterly of this poor woman, and to pity More for his cruel fate in being united to a termagant. A Book About Lawyers For Caterina was no repulsive termagant, but a woman of marvellous charm. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) In his hands the docile oar had become a raging termagant, and, when he would have been rid of it, the baubles had opposed his will. Anthony Lyveden If so, then they have an eccentric way of showing it, and the cuckoo, driven by the chattering little termagants from pillar to post, may well pray to be saved from its friends. Birds in the Calendar There was no resemblance whatever between Aunt Rebecca and the sallow, hollow-cheeked, wide-eyed termagant, with a markedly receding chin, who stood before Mrs. Carr and defied her. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern What fools her suitors are, their hearts to fix on So termagant and bloodthirsty a vixen! Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx "Nonsense!" said his friend; "do we not all know to what a termagant you are united? and her temper and high rank combined must no doubt make her a sweet companion." Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers A pretty termagant she was, as even I can remember. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster This imperial termagant, this "wrangling queen, whom every thing becomes," becomes even her fury. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical He soon found that his employer was a hard, grasping tyrant, while his wife was a termagant, scolding and fault-finding incessantly from morning until night. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 The old lady was such a termagant and so implacable in her hatreds that it was a moral certainty she would never relent and change her purpose toward her daughter. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude The General very placidly listened to the old termagant, and merely remarked, "It was too cold to go out of the house just then; he guessed he'd warm himself first." Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive "I am certain," thought Ramses, "that that chattering termagant robs me for her Jews, who vanish in the daytime but are prowling around in the night, like rats in the nastiest comers!" The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt As to humor, it is carried as far as possible in Mrs. Quickly; in the termagant Catherine; in Maria, in "Twelfth Night;" in Juliet's nurse; in Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical In all of them, termagant, flirt, crank, washerwoman, blue-stocking, outcast and even in the ordinary fool of the ordinary commerce there is something left, if only a spark. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Even that termagant gossip, Mrs Hard-soul, who dwelt alone in a tumble-down hut near the quay, was heard upon one occasion to speak of her as “dear old Mrs Blyth.” The Battle and the Breeze Captain Tom, however, had handled too many serious situations in France to be browbeaten by a termagant like Miss Susan Timmins. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point “Ha!” shrieked the termagant, as she wrenched off her handkerchief. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver No one can tell what she is in her sleep: perhaps the veriest termagant on earth. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 Dangerous, unscrupulous and cruel, I thought; a man-woman, a shrew, a termagant! The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed. The Short-story Mrs Franklin’s lodgers were fond of calling them ‘little termagants,’ and liked exceedingly to hint to the mother that if the termagants did not make themselves scarce they would be obliged to seek other quarters. Dickory Dock He evidently had not much opinion of Thorward’s resolution when opposed by the will and passion of such a termagant as Freydissa. The Norsemen in the West This female, this termagant, will carry off one of your passengers, and, as an honest man, you are bound to protect him.” Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin "Heavens! what a hangman's notion!" thought the Chamberlain to himself, with a swift side glance at this termagant, and a single thought of calm Olivia. Doom Castle She seemed to be a sort of termagant, and she said nobody said that about her unless you told them. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 It would have been amusing if it had not been rather pitiful to think of the poor "young" man of sixty-eight trying so hard to reach such a termagant! Seen and Unseen The child must not be suffered to grow up into a termagant—you will admit that, I hope?… Brother Copas Strange that the termagant winds should scold The Christmas Eve so bitterly! In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV The young medical practitioner invited Mr. Pickwick and his three friends to a convivial meeting; but the termagant Mrs. Raddle brought the meeting to an untimely end.—C. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 We may, perhaps, guess at its merits from this fragment of a speech in prose, addressed to Adam by Eve: 'What ails the sot?' says the new termagant. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) "Did ye ever—did ever ye see such a little termagant, such a persuasive, commanding little queen of a termagant?" asked the priest almost breathless with surprise. Lords of the North A vulgar termagant"—the General indicated that would do—"who would call her husband an idiot aloud before a dinner-table, and quarrel like a fishwife with people in his presence. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Lord Chesterfield, being told that a certain termagant and scold was married to a gamester, replied, "that cards and brimstone made the best matches." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The termagant wife of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has just published The School for Husbands, a novel founded on the life and times of Moliere. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The man quailed under the termagant's piercing eye, and trembled at the renewed curses. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales I just like to see that little termagant taken down. Badge of Infamy I don't know what these real wives thought of me; that I was a termagant probably; but they were not the kind of women I could talk to about myself, and I made no confidences. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Scotland! thy weather's like a modish wife, Thy winds and rains for ever are at strife; So termagant awhile her thunder tries, And when she can no longer scold, she cries. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings It was rumored that his fiancée had married him against his will, that she was a virago and a termagant. Captain Jinks, Hero They threw a rope over my shoulders from behind, and I felt the foot of one termagant in the small of my back as she hauled taut. Caves of Terror The other lass was a lamb to woo, but wed, A termagant: and I’m well shot of her. Krindlesyke Shimmering and saucy and debonair as a polo pony, she had seemed a departure from type, something above the meretricious termagants round whom he so often had to weave his accusatory webs of evidence. Never-Fail Blake "What!" she cried, with an outburst of termagant spleen, "I warrant you will be ready enough to eat them by-and-by, you idle dog! and yet you cannot watch them burning under your very eyes." Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality What can she turn out, brought up under such a termagant? Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword The Maynard children were unaccustomed to outbursts of temper, and King didn't know exactly what to say to the little termagant. Marjorie at Seacote A certain lord had a termagant wife, and at the same time a chaplain that was a tolerable poet, whom his lordship desired to write a copy of verses upon a shrew. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Indeed, the little lieutenant knew that kind-hearted termagant, Aunt Becky, too well, to be long cast down or even flurried by her onset. The House by the Church-Yard A wife is a domestic termagant, who is destined to deceive or torment the poor devil of a husband. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe I think he must have wanted the owlet back again before he was done with Anne, because Anne was a termagant—and ruled him with the heaviest rod of iron she could lift. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth "Even the prospect of a share of the spoil wouldn't have compensated for the infliction of visiting an old termagant like Great-aunt Rachel," averred Roger unrepentantly. The Moon out of Reach But this lady is so termagant an empress! and he is so submissive, so tame, so led a keeper, and as proud of his slavery as a Frenchman. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 And you Africans are such termagants, you stop at nothing. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 "Lord! what a termagant is your pretty cousin, Mr. Mallock!" said my companion when we were out of doors again. Oddsfish! And this was the termagant that a few hours ago had ridden us down and trampled across poor Hutson's body! Corporal Sam and Other Stories The baker's termagant wife said to him, all unconscious who he was, "Soldiers have no business to come into poor women's houses." The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power His features became sharpened by misery, for a termagant wife is the whetstone on which all the calamities of a hen-pecked husband are painted by the devil. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three "Not to a woman; but I'm sometimes forced to do so to a termagant." The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "Let me go, Lucy," said her father, "till I put the termagant out of the room." The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One In short, here was a woman so unlike the termagant who had charged across the bridge that I could hardly reconcile the two or believe them to be one. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Indeed she had so much to say that, in the end, tired of hearing such a termagant, he sent her to her parents in the country. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney I wish I had left the little termagant in peace. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week A hot-headed stripling marries a handsome termagant—her brilliant face, her grace, and rude health attract him, and he does not quietly notice the ebullitions of her temper. Side Lights She is high mettled, but I have dealt with termagants before—and brought them down, by God!—and brought them down! His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Home-keeping men of little understanding have to put up with termagant wives that eat up their flesh like the progeny of a crab eating up their dam. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Even the termagant wife is turned into a domestic angel. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative And out of his life, so much force, energy—spent in battling with the shrew, the termagant he has now fled from; strength never to be replenished, never to be repaid—all wasted, wasted! The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith Why, there's the devil on't! if thou could'st make my enjoying thee but a little easy, or a little more unlawful, thou should'st see what a termagant lover I would prove. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 This termagant was a little broad-set figure wearing a mask, intended as a representation of his Satanic majesty, adorned with a huge pair of horns. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Devil was all very well in courtship; but mischief in a girl became contrariness in a domestic termagant. Nocturne The child's righteous indignation had its effect on the women, and they hesitated, not knowing exactly what to do with this little termagant. Marjorie's Maytime Nicolas married a termagant, but never allowed her to impair his cheerful disposition. A Wanderer in Holland He talks in his letters of England, as a man married to a termagant might talk of his first love—hopeless regrets, inevitable destiny, and so forth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Perhaps she was a loud-voiced termagant; perhaps merely the ill-used wife of a drunken wretch, who well deserved her scolding; or the daring teller of home truths to some jack-in-office, who thus revenged himself. Vanishing England But d�collet� Geoffrey Dizzard, crying at him "Sweet termagant, think not to baffle me by these airs of manhood!" had sprung in the way and on his own nose received the blow. A Christmas Garland In the trial scene, no less than in the scenes of altercation with Brachiano and Flamineo, Webster clearly intended her to pass for a magnificent vixen, a beautiful and queenly termagant. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Oh, it's you, is it, you little termagant you? The Missing Bride At length the bolt, yielding to the continued pressure of Mrs. Hamilton's body, broke, and out came the termagant, foaming with rage. Homestead on the Hillside G—— ought to have a termagant wife: one who could return rage for rage. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) The mother was a robustious woman with a termagant temper; she was what you call "practical." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women She wants to get right away from that vicious little termagant of a mother of hers. The Lamp in the Desert For be it known, that, like most termagants, the dame was tidy at times, though capriciously; loving cleanliness by fits and starts. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I I could have such a fellow whipped for overdoing termagant: it out-Herods Herod. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 I was more than ever perplexed what to make of this unaccountable personage, who could put a good-natured chamber-maid in a passion, and send away a termagant landlady in smiles. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists I could not mount my fancy into the termagant vein. Tales of a Traveller Jezebel, n.virago, she-devil, fury, Gorgon, termagant. jibe, v. Putnam's Word Book Concerning the division of the spoils, the termagant succeeded in carrying the day; also, to her quarters, bale after bale of goods, together with numerous odds and ends, sundry and divers. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I As Miss Faction grew up, she became so termagant and froward, that there was no enduring her any longer in Heaven. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Should the first wife prove a termagant or unfaithful—rare occurrences amongst the inmates of the harem,—the husband has the liberty of divorcing her by paying down her stipulated dowry. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society This termagant humor is said to prevail only at half tides. Tales of a Traveller Jezebel, fury, virago, termagant. sheen, n. shine, luster, gloss, brightness, splendor. sheep, n. Putnam's Word Book A woman joined the group, a hook-nosed termagant, with gray eyes and sour lips, mother of the dead boy's comrade. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The woman had been a fearful termagant; the husband, a very inoffensive man. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 Minerva is an angry termagant—mean, mischief-making, and vindictive. The Humour of Homer and Other Essays The late good kind-hearted Dr. David Dickson was fond of telling a story of a Scottish termagant of the days before kirk-session discipline had passed away. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Antonym: host. vitiate, v. debase, corrupt, demoralize, contaminate, deprave, spoil. vitiation, n. debasement, corruption, demoralization, depravation, contamination. vixen, n. virago, scold, shrew, termagant, Tartar, Xantippe, spitfire. voice, n. utterance, speech; vote, choice, election, suffrage. Putnam's Word Book Poor girl!—what husband now would venture on such a termagant wife?—penniless too, and disgraced! Fenwick's Career It was the decree of fate, your Honour, following his own word and action, that this man should become as a rag doll in the hands of a termagant. Darrel of the Blessed Isles So Brougham was left out, Pepys was made Chancellor, and the Premier compared himself to a man who has broken with a termagant mistress and married the best of cooks. Studies in Literature Cain wrote in 1833 that her termagant outbreaks among her fellows had led him to apply a "moderate correction," whereupon she had further terrorized her housemates by threats of poison. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime His wife, being a regular termagant, "did beat him like plaster, and the ex-tyrant did not dare call his soul his own." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook A termagant wife, if such a law were to pass, would be a phoenix. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 The worst form of female tyranny is that exhibited on a Southern plantation, under the sway of a termagant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 In time Rip discovered that his only escape from his termagant wife was to take his gun, and stroll off into the woods with his dog. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans He was fond of the child, but knowing what a termagant his wife was, he thought that silence like discretion was the better part of valor, and hastily beat a retreat from her presence. Minnie's Sacrifice A nagging termagant, who keeps her husband in petticoat subjection. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The Spirit of the Unborn Babe went wildered in the dark; Like termagants the winds tore down and whirled it with the snow. Ballads of a Bohemian And the woman was a termagant—at least so I’ve been told. Love of Life and Other Stories Strange that the termagant winds should scold The Christmas Eve so bitterly! The Poems of Sidney Lanier She's an inefficient, lazy old termagant, and I know why she doesn't like me. Dear Enemy Mrs. Bundle, a vulgar Mrs. Malaprop, and a termagant. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook I have an admirable receipt to cure a termagant wife.—Never fear, Joseph, but thou shalt be master of thine house. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 It was a woman, his termagant duchess, who had given Marlborough his ascendancy in England, made him dominate all Europe. The Highwayman How did the old fellow get on after he had buried his termagant wife?' The Vicar's Daughter It is only under stress that I communicate with him by telephone, as he has an interfering old termagant of a housekeeper who "listens in" on the down-stairs switch. Dear Enemy Lady Dove was a terrible termagant, and when scolding failed used to lament for "poor dear dead Searcher, who—, etc., etc." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook "Since that evening when you denounced me for selling her—little termagant!—I have racked my brains to keep her." Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II For when the fair in all their pride expire, To their first elements their souls retire: The sprites of fiery termagants in flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 The effect is produced by confronting Mary with a vain and spiteful termagant bearing the name of the great English queen. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller That stool serves at present to duck scolds and termagants.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 No brawling, boxing termagant Was Ellen, though offended; Who ever knew a fault like this By violence amended? May Day with the Muses "Nevertheless," said Koshchei, "now that you have inspected the flower of womanhood, I cannot soberly believe you prefer your termagant of a wife." Jurgen A Comedy of Justice "Yes, again; but," says Titbottom when he hears the remark, "how, if one's grandmother were a shrew, a termagant, a virago?" Prue and I He had a termagant wife at home, and there was what is profanely called "the deuce to pay," abroad. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies The floor was covered an inch deep with water, through which the termagants splashed. L'Assommoir She was to be Lady Dilke of Maxstoke Castle and a shrewd termagant, mother of two sons who sided, one with the Commonwealth, the other with the King. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 An outline of the chief elements of this tale follows:— Mother Holofernes, while very neat and industrious, was a terrible termagant and shrew. Filipino Popular Tales To them we pledge our free-born votes; We'll have all she, and only she— Pert blues shall act as "best debaters," Old dowagers our Bishops be, And termagants our agitators. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes No; and the more is the pity, poor Mary seemed too much attached to Danby, to seek to rule him as a termagant. Redburn. His First Voyage In this troop we had Robin Hood and Maid Marian, the latter represented by a smooth-faced boy; also Beelzebub, equipped with a broom, and accompanied by his wife Bessy, a termagant old beldame. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Then he saw he had to do with a termagant, and consented, with a sigh. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day She was hardly nineteen when her father died and she was taken home by that dreadful old termagant, her aunt, Lady Linlithgow. The Eustace Diamonds Such were not infrequent in that quarter, for one of the women who lived there was a termagant, and the door of her cottage was generally open. Malcolm Stranger, thy mission would be blessed indeed If thou could silence yonder termagant. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles It is supposed to be the ancient Jezreel, where the termagant Jezebel was thrown out of the window. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain But oh, they are termagants in conjunction! like fiddlers who are rogues when they go single, and joined in consort, gentlemen musicianers. Character Writings of the 17th Century And then she is such a ferocious old termagant,—such an old vulturess. The Eustace Diamonds No one could do anything with the infuriated termagant, and all were afraid of her. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Religion with them is not a termagant, revered for her sauciness and loved for her violent evolutions. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston In this the little termagant expresses her astonishment, that her mother should write to Miss Harlowe, to forbid her to correspond with her daughter. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 He was taking wise precautions in view of past experiences with his termagant relative. Andy the Acrobat Tactile, tangible, tantamount, temerity, tenable, tenacious, tentative, tenuous, termagant, terrestrial, testimentary, thaumaturgic, therapeutic, titular, torso, tortuous, tractable, traduce, transcendent, transfiguration, transient, transitory, translucent, transverse, travesty, tribulation, tributary, truculent, truncate, turbid, turpitude, tyro. The Century Vocabulary Builder The bravest were as unlettered as your body-servant, the most beautiful dames as termagant as Penelope the cook. The Iron Game A Tale of the War If this system were now in force, it would often be patronised, for there are many lively termagants in the land, and lots in Preston. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston What a-devil had I to do, to terrify the sweet creature by my termagant projects!—Yet it was not amiss, I believe, to make her afraid of me. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 I am resolv'd to marry to morrow—either to the Apothecary or the Farmer, Men I never saw, to be reveng'd on thee, thou termagant Infidel. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects be considered a tolerable blessing, and if so, rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 Some called her a poor spiritless thing, and declared, that, with a little of her sister's spirit, she might have brought to reason any Sir Philip whatsoever, were it the termagant Falconbridge himself. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 "Call 'em twelve at once, Ishmael; call 'em twelve!" cried his termagant assistant. The Prairie Till we can marry off Azrael to a termagant, I do not believe we shall ever really turn the tables upon him. Without Prejudice I will not attempt to describe the tigress rage or the shrieking violence which ensued on the part of this veteran termagant. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story His features became sharpened by misery, for a termagant wife is the whetstone on which all the calamities of a henpecked husband are painted by the devil. Stories by English Authors: Ireland I am glad the new Lady Belamour will not be that little termagant milkmaid Belle, whom circumstances compelled me to inflict upon my poor boy! Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume He was wanted to point out the places where the hostile tracks had been seen, and his termagant sister openly scouted at the idea, as unworthy of his manhood. The Prairie A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Again, can this woman even faintly compare with your ideal of what a woman should be —this shrew!—this termagant! The Broad Highway At this period Sophia had certainly developed into a termagant—without knowing it! The Old Wives' Tale It seems to me that he's altogether under the control of that hideous old termagant. The American Senator You have become what is infinitely worse than all three together—a jealous termagant. The Philanderer It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife, that he has married the Devil's daughter, and lives with the old folks. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue "Also she is said to be possessed of a temper," I continued, "and is above the average height, I believe, and I have a natural antipathy to termagants, more especially tall ones." The Broad Highway Even in the twelfth century we read that pilgrims used to cast stones at two cairns, covering the remains of Abu Lahab, and the beautiful termagant, his wife. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 For once the termagant found herself baffled, and at her wits' end. David Crockett His Life and Adventures A termagant of a wife insists upon her husband doing all the housework; she has put down each separate item on a "rota." Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic A termagant; also a she fox, who, when she has cubs, is remarkably fierce. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue "What a little termagant you must have been!" exclaimed Waymark, laughing. The Unclassed If she be passionate, want of manners makes her termagant and a scold, which is much at one with lunatic. An Essay Upon Projects At first the General tried to impose silence upon the terrible termagant: but he soon discovered that he was powerless; besides, all his subordinates were laughing. Monsieur Lecoq "I tell you yon shall not have them," screamed the termagant. Joseph II. and His Court Her tongue was becoming unbearable; her speech in its persistence and force was that of a termagant. The Titan His wife is a shrew, a termagant, who embitters every hour of his existence. The Lion's Skin This bride was a canting hypocrite of sixty-three, covetous, and a termagant. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Thus disguised, with downcast eyes and honeyed voice, she looked so unlike the terrible termagant of the Poivriere, that her customers would scarcely have recognized her. Monsieur Lecoq But you have seen me; now you know with how much justice I am called 'The Mad Countess,' and now, surely, you have manhood enough to reject a termagant like me. Joseph II. and His Court No person who had a natural interest in the Princess could observe without uneasiness the strange infatuation which made her the slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Mr Milksan, being of a timorous disposition, truckled to the insolence of a termagant. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker An ardent, aerial, gracefully predominant, and in the end somewhat termagant female figure, this divine Emilie. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 Grandson, sat Elizabeth Farnese, a termagant tenacious woman, whose ambitious cupidities were not inferior in obstinacy to Kaiser Karl's, and proved not quite so shadowy as his. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing, and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Some called her a poor, spiritless thing, and declared that, with a little of her sister's spirit, she might have brought to reason any Sir Philip whatsoever, were it the termagant Falconbridge himself. My Aunt Margaret's Mirror A vulgar termagant, feeling a sense of injury, finds relief in an outburst of jealousy and a furious quarrel. The Evil Genius Yon termagant looked so tempting, and had the art to preserve her countenance so naturally, while I communicated my lord's message, that, by my faith, I thought I might say some little thing for myself. Kenilworth In all of them, termagant, flirt, crank, washerwoman, blue-stocking, outcast and even in the ordinary fool of the ordinary commerce there is something left, if only a spark. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He had patiently endured the termagant passions of Barbara Palmer and the pert vivacity of Eleanor Gwynn. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 With that thought, however, came a mental picture of Naratu, the black termagant, who ruled him with an iron hand. Tarzan the Untamed |
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