termagant
[noun]
Synonyms: virago, amazon, fishwife, harpy, ogress, scold, shrew, vixen, Xanthippe
[adjective]
Synonyms: turbulent, boisterous, disorderly, raucous, rowdy, rowdydowdy, rowdyish, rumbustious, tumultuous, unruly

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termagant noun

1. a woman who is very strict or who tries to tell people what to do, in an unpleasant way
   Word OriginMiddle English (originally referring to an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character who often appeared in morality plays): via Old French from Italian Trivagante, taken to be from Latin tri- ‘three’ + vagant- ‘wandering’, and to refer to the moon “wandering” between heaven, earth, and hell under the three names Selene, Artemis, and Persephone.

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