Termagant in a sentence as a noun

> Only from this is it possible to explain why we often see very rational, and even eminent, men tied to termagants and matrimonial fiends...That's Schopenhauer demonstrating his well attested misogyny.

But the will of the species is so much more powerful than that of the individual, that the lover shuts his eyes to all the qualities repugnant to him... Only from this is it possible to explain why we often see very rational, and even eminent, men tied to termagants and matrimonial fiends..."

Termagant definitions

noun

a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

See also: shrew