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Webster 1913 Edition
Tempestuous
Tem-pes′tu-ous
,Adj.
[L.
tempestuous
: cf. OF. tempestueux
, F. tempêtueux
.] 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
, Noun.
They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his
Waiting, and clutching his
tempestuous
beard. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tempestuous
TEMPEST'UOUS
, a.1.
Very story; turbulent; rough with wind; as tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night.2.
Blowing with violence; as a tempestuous wind.