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torrentuous, a.|tɒˈrɛntjuːəs| [= mod.F. torrentueux (neologism in Littré), f. L. torrēnt-em torrent: see -uous, and cf. tempestuous.] Torrent-like, impetuous.
1840Thackeray Paris Sk.-bk. vii. Fr. Fash. Novels, Wks. 1900 V. 84 My affairs whirl onwards together in such a torrentuous [orig. torrentueux] galopade. 1897F. Thompson in Academy 6 Feb. 180/2 Womanly and unstayed of nature, torrentuous of golden talk. |