Re: [Epic] Questions

From: C.Sinclair <csi_at_...>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:08:02 +0000

At 07:38 PM 3/24/98 EST, you wrote:
>Dominatrix and harridan I had heard and seen myself; my friend Andrew found
>Termagant in some dictionary somewhere. I was there, but I don't remember
>where he found it.
>
>Shervin
>
Please let me confirm (from the Concise OED)
termagant (n.)-1. imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character often
appearing in morality plays; 2. brawling woman, shrew, scold; 3. adj.
boisterous, turbulent, shrewish.

Cheers,
Colin (Philologist and Semantic)
Received on Wed Mar 25 1998 - 09:08:02 UTC