My father was very willing to leave me with my grandmother, who promised to leave her property to me; but this offer in my favour enraged my mother still more; she declared that I should not remain; and my father had long succumbed to her termagant disposition, and yielded implicit obedience to her authority.
"Valerie"
Frederick Marryat
Beautiful creature, Louise, but a termagant.
"The Parisians, Book 11."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I could not love Venus if she were a termagant.
"The Parisians, Book 11."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton