termagancyn.
/ˈtəːməɡ(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈtərməɡənsi/ Esp. with reference to a woman: the quality or state of being bad-tempered or overbearing; violence of temper or disposition.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness
contentiousness1573
pugnacity1605
quarrel1605
quarrelsomenessa1631
pugnaciousness1681
termagancy1708
combativeness1815
fire-eating1890
combativity1905
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun]
shrewishness1600
termagancy1708
vixenishness1820
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > boisterous, violent > violent temperament of
termagancy1708
1708 E. Ward Mod. World Disrob'd i. 108 She..takes a seasonable Opportunity to give him a Taste of her Termagancy, which she does publickly at the Table.
1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting ii. ii. 115 By a violent termagancy of temper, she may never suffer him to have a moment's peace.
1796 J. Moir Preventive Policy i. 19 They affect to be infidels,..perhaps, from termagancy of passion, which they mistake for liberty of thought.
1828 W. Cooke Pract. & Pathol. Inq. Derangem. Digestive Organs ii. 212 He..was so irritable that conversation in his presence excited termagancy.
1876 N. Wales Chron. 26 May 4/4 Your mother's temper..rapidly developed after our marriage to a degree of vigour bordering on termagancy.
1930 Poet Lore Fall 406 He makes a strong case for the need of education for women by tabulating the evil effects of its lack; viz.,..insolence, conceitedness, termagancy.
2003 Times (Nexis) 4 Nov. 30 A strong streak of termagancy which lurked not far beneath her sunny nature had surfaced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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