单词 | procellous |
释义 | procellousadj. rare (literary in later use). Turbulent, stormy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy reigheOE stormya1200 wilda1250 troublec1374 rougha1400 stormishc1430 rude?a1439 boistous1470 troublous1482 wair?a1500 tempestuous1509 blusterous1548 rugged1549 stormful1558 troublesome1560 turbulent1573 ruggy1577 rufflered1582 oragious?1590 boisterous?1594 broily1594 unruly1594 procellousa1629 gurly1718 coarse1774 ugly1844 a1629 T. Goffe Raging Turke (1631) iv. vii. sig. I4 Peace, 'tis too late to chide at what is done, We haue so deepely waded in the streames Of those procellous plots. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 22 It is ill building of Steeples in an earth-quake, or setting up weather-cocks in procellous windes. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 265 An happy voyage over the procellous ocean of your funeral parentation. 1845 G. Raymond Life R. W. Elliston (1857) 281 In which very striking procellous effects had been produced. 1861 All Year Round 4 May 144/1 What man in his senses..would talk of a stormy day as procellous and himself as madefied. 1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 8 Aug. 4 a It was a Stygian and procellous night. Peter Mark Roget..was sitting alone in his study indulging in his favorite hobby (avocation, pastime). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1629 |
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