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单词 procellous
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procellousadj.

Brit. /prəʊˈsɛləs/, U.S. /proʊˈsɛləs/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French procelleux.
Etymology: < French †procelleux (1488 in Middle French) < classical Latin procellōsus stormy < procella procelle n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.
rare (literary in later use).
Turbulent, stormy.
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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).
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