Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEM-PEST'U-OUS
TEM'PEST-TOSTTEM-PEST'U-OUS-LY
TEM-PEST'U-OUS, a. [Sp. tempestuoso; It. tempestoso; Fr. tempĂȘtueux.]
- Very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night.
- Blowing with violence; as, a tempestuous wind.
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