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tempestuous

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tem⋅pes⋅tu⋅ous

  [tem-pes-choo-uhs]
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–adjective
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.
Origin:
1500–10; < LL tempestuōsus, deriv. of tempestus, var. of tempestās tempest (see -ous ); r. earlier tempeste(u)ous, tempestious (see -eous, -ious )

Related forms:
tem⋅pes⋅tu⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
tem⋅pes⋅tu⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. violent, stormy.
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tem·pes·tu·ous   (těm-pěs'chōō-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales.

  2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship.


[Middle English, from Late Latin tempestuōsus, from tempestūs, tempest, variant of tempestās; see tempest.]
tem·pes'tu·ous·ly adv., tem·pes'tu·ous·ness n.
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