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tempestuousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  They  saw  the  Hebrew  leader,  Waiting,  and  clutching  his 
  tempestuous  beard.  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tempestuousness 
  n  :  a  state  of  wild  storminess




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