Locke.
||Ter"ma (?), n. [NL. See Term, n.] (Anat.) The terminal lamina, or
||thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the
||brain. B. G. Wilder.
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Ter"ma*gan*cy (?), n. The quality or state of being termagant;
turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.
Ter"ma*gant (?), n. [OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant (in sense 1),
OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante.] 1. An imaginary being supposed by
the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented
in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely
vociferous and tumultous. [Obs.] Chaucer. "And oftentimes by Termagant
and Mahound [Mahomet] swore." Spenser.
The lesser part on Christ believed well, On Termagant the more, and on
Mahound.
Fairfax.
2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; — formerly applied to both
sexes, now only to women.
This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh.
Bale (1543).
The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
Macaulay.
Ter"ma*gant, a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious;
quarrelsome; scolding. — Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv.
A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
Arbuthnot.
||Ter`ma*ta"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Termes.] (Zoöl.) Any nest or
||dwelling of termes, or white ants.
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Ter"ma*ta*ry (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Termatarium.
Term"er (?), n. 1. One who resorted to London during the law term only,
in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [Obs.]
[Written also termor.] B. Jonson.