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tempestive, a. arch.|tɛmˈpɛstɪv|
[ad. L. tempestīvus timely: see tempest and -ive.]
1. Timely, seasonable.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. ix. §60 That prouidence which the King of Scotland..vsed, was, as more tempestiue, so more commendable. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 107 The moderate and tempestiue vse of them may be very good and profitable. 1635Heywood Hierarch. viii. Comm. 532 The chearefull and tempestiue showres. 1852Fraser's Mag. XLV. 172 After the tempestive banquet at two o'clock.
¶2. erron. = tempestuous 2.
1848Tait's Mag. XV. 118 Every reader will..point out living examples amid brawling and tempestive politicians. |