TEMPESTUOUS


Meaning of TEMPESTUOUS in English

— tempestuously , adv. — tempestuousness , n.

/tem pes"chooh euhs/ , adj.

1. characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.

2. of the nature of or resembling a tempest: a tempestuous wind.

3. tumultuous; turbulent: a tempestuous period in history.

[ 1500-10; tempestuosus, deriv. of tempestus, var. of TEMPESTAS TEMPEST (see -OUS); r. earlier tempeste ( u ) ous, tempestious (see -EOUS, -IOUS) ]

Syn. 2. violent, stormy.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .