Tempestuousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
     tempestueux, F. temp[^e]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.


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           They saw the Hebrew leader,
           Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tempestuousness
       n : a state of wild storminess