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In the Middle Ages, Termagant or Tervagant was the name of a god that some European Christians believed Muslims worshipped. [1] [2] It originates in the eleventh-century Song of Roland. The word is also used in modern English to mean a violent, overbearing, turbulent, brawling, quarrelsome woman; a virago, shrew, or vixen. [1]
Modern use of the word virago generally takes the disparaging sense. Thus virago joined pejoratives such as termagant, [2] mannish, amazonian and shrew to describe women who acted aggressively or like men. The word virago has almost always had an association with cultural gender transgression.
The Taming of the Shrew, by C. R. Leslie. The shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding, nagging, and aggression [1] – is a comedic, stock character in literature and folklore, both Western and Eastern. [2] The theme is illustrated in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.
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Termagant (1780) – Corvette, purchased on the Stocks while building by Hillhouse at Bristol, 22 × 6-pdrs and 4 × 12-pdr carronades, reduced to an 18-gun Ship-Sloop in 1782, 1795 sold. Zebra class – 3 ships, 1780–1782 (a fourth was cancelled) Zebra (1780) Ariel (1781) Bulldog (1782) Serpent cancelled 1783; Inspector class – 1 ship, 1782
To take photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, three students laid out over 100 traps last November in the Eastern Sierra Nevada region and checked them every two hours. Elusive, palm-sized shrew caught ...
Webster's dictionary page defines 'Virago' as (in this order). 1: a loud overbearing woman : termagant 2: a woman of great stature, strength, and courage — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.56.10 16:46, 11 November 2014 (UTC) Yes.
The most noteworthy of these are Lady Wouldbe in Volpone, Mrs. Flareit in Love's Last Shift, Lucy Lockit, Lady Haughty in the Silent Woman, Doll Common, Mrs. Termagant in The Squire of Alsatia, Pert, Mrs. Foresight, Berinthia in The Relapse, Araminta, and afterwards Belinda, in the Old Bachelor, Lady Anne, Duchess of York in King Richard III ...