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▪ I. temporale|tɛmpəˈrɑːl|
Also ‖ temporal.
[ad. Sp. temporal storm, spell of rainy weather.]
A weather condition of the Pacific coast of Central America consisting of strong south-west winds bringing heavy rain.
1853tr. F. Gerstaecker's Narr. Journey round World I. ix. 145 A temporale, however, might happen at any moment. Ibid. ix. 160 All the threatened dangers of the cordilleras, of snow-drifts and temporales, were past. 1923J. Hergesheimer Bright Shawl 141 The April temporale lay in an even heat over the city. 1936L. J. Halle Transcaribbean ii. 32 Twice or more in the season there will be ‘temporals’, when it will rain interminably for a week. 1982N.Y. Times 4 Apr. x. 18/4 There is scarcely one temporale, that sudden downpour of sheet-rain bringing with it a fine red tufa dust.
▪ II. ‖ temporale
see temporal n.1 2. |