Noah Webster
Termagant
TER'MAGANT, adjective Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous or furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
The eldest was a termagant imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
TER'MAGANT, noun A boisterous, brawling, turbulent woman. It seems in Shakespeare to have been used of men. In ancient farces and puppet-shows, termagant was a vociferous, tumultuous deity.
She threw his periwig into the fire. Well, said he, thou are a brave termagant
The sprites of fiery termagants in flame--