teruagaunt
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termagant — (n.) c.1500, violent, overbearing person (especially of women), from Teruagant, Teruagaunt (c.1200), name of a fictitious Muslim deity appearing in medieval morality plays, from O.Fr. Tervagant, a proper name in Chanson de Roland (c.1100), of… … Etymology dictionary
teru — teru, teruagaunt obs. ff. tereu, termagant … Useful english dictionary
