" "The villain!" continued the enraged termagant, catching her breath like a person that had just been submerged in water longer than is agreeable to human nature, and forcing her way through the crowd, with such vigour as soon to be in a situation to fly to her secret hordes, in order to ascertain the extent of her misfortune; "the sacrilegious villain!

In this the little termagant expresses her astonishment, that her mother should write to Miss Harlowe, to forbid her to correspond with her daughter.

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.

A nagging termagant, who keeps her husband in petticoat subjection.

Tom's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm.