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词汇 termagant
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termagant

noun
/ˈtɜːməɡənt/
/ˈtɜːrməɡənt/
(formal, disapproving)
  1. a woman who is very strict or who tries to tell people what to do, in an unpleasant way苛刻的女人;专横的女人
    词源Middle 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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