English Dictionary: tempestuous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. temp[88]tueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow. |