http://wordie.org/words/termagant Comments for the word 'Termagant' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/termagant#comments She is of a good family; and as for her temper, I can assure you it is unparalleled for evenness and sweetness. None of your <a href="/words/termagant">termagant</a> mistresses, never to be pleased, but always grumbling and scolding about everything, making the house ring with their <a href="/words/clack">clack</a>, and <a href="/words/fret">fret</a>ting poor servants to a thread, whose places, in short, are a hell upon earth! <br /> <br />- Lesage, <i>The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane</i>, tr. Smollett, bk 4 ch. 7 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:59:09 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/termagant#comments http://wordie.org/words/termagant#comments from Trollope Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:18:00 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/termagant#comments