stormyadj.

Brit.

/ˈstɔːmi/, U.S.

/ˈstɔrmi/

Etymology: < storm n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of the weather, season, air, sky, sea, etc.: Characterized by storm or tempest; tempestuous. Of a place or region: Subject to storms.

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

a1200 in Anglia XI. 369 Hit byð..windig sumer and storemig and geswyncfull hærfest.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 22691 A stormi dai, a stret of au.

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 455 And if the wedir stormy were For colde she shulde haue deyd there.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 35 Now be the stormy wynter shoures.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms liv. 8 I wolde make haist to escape, from the stormy wynde and tempest.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk4^v And all his windes Dan Aeolus did keepe, From stirring vp their stormy enmity.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King Beyond the stormy Hebrides.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 9 Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 356 The wildest and most stormy mountains in Scotland.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 164 A wild stormy morning.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/6 An Atlantic steamer..ploughing its course across stormy oceans.

a. figurative. Of persons, their temper or looks; of times, events, circumstances, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > violent or tumultuous

woodc1100

wilda1250

stormya1340

tempestousc1374

tempestuous1447

raging1535

combustious1593

blustering1595

combustuous1611

tumultuous1667

tempestive1848

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Prol. 3 Now with halesome lare drouyd & stormy saules it bryngis in til clere & pesful lyf.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 778 For loue is yet þe meste stormy lyf.

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 939 O Stormy peple, vnsad, and euere vntrewe.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2245 His stormy cruel aventure.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 4079 Allas! Fortune,..Whan folk most triste in þi stormy face..Þanne is þi Ioye aweye to turne & wryþe.

1592 Arden of Feversham iii. v. 113 Nothing shall hide me from thy stormy looke.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 164 You health, the which if you giue ore, To stormy passion must perforce decay.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 193 That Religion which is more turbulent, seditious, and stormy, let it be throwne over-board to lighten the ship of the Church.

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 550 While stormy Cymon thus in secret said [etc.].

1831 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1874) II. 153 There was..every promise of a stormy session.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 223 Shaftesbury and Buckingham..appeared at the head of the stormy democracy of the city.

1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. xvii. 443 The discussion was long and stormy before the meeting broke up.

1915 J. Kelman Salted with Fire iv. 40 In the stormy times in which his lot was cast emergencies were constantly arising.

b. Pathology of inflammation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [adjective]

scaldedc1450

angryc1500

inflammate1583

inflamed1599

fiery1600

blazed1631

in a flame1658

inflammatory1732

phlogistic1732

angered1753

fretful1804

phlogotic1817

phlogosed1830

phlegmatous1854

inflammablea1862

phlogogenic1881

phlogogenous1890

phlogogenetic1891

stormy1899

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 903 Meningitis is usually so stormy in its manifestation that [etc.].

a. Associated or connected with storms; indicative, predictive, or symbolical of storms. poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > associated with storms

stormy1578

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 24 Anone thay spy into the Firmament Ane stormie sterne that troublit thair Intent.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 62 Now sing we stormy Stars.

1761 R. Glover Medea v. v. 94 Grim Neptune yonder shakes his stormy trident.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad iii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 175 When down the stormy crescent goes.

b. stormy petrel n. the bird Procellaria pelagica. Also figurative, a person who delights in strife, or whose appearance on the scene is a harbinger of coming trouble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Hydrobatidae > procellaria pelagica (stormy petrel)

devil's bird1634

sea-swallow1647

storm-finch1661

assilag1698

storm-bird1752

devil bird1759

Mother Carey's chicken1767

storm finch1768

witch1770

alamootiea1777

stormy petrel1776

water witch1794

spency1813

storm-petrel1833

stilt stormy petrel1884

Tom Tailor1885

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) II. ii. 553 Stormy Petrel.

1847 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors VII. ccviii. 479 Eldon..came to London..on account of rumours of a dissolution of the Ministry. He went, with some, by the name of the ‘Stormy Petrel’, being supposed to delight in such convulsions.

1892 World 6 Apr. 15 (Brewer) Dr. von Esmarch [a physician] is regarded at court as a stormy petrel, and every effort was made to conceal his visit to the German emperor.

4. Relating to or concerned with storms. poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > relating to storms

stormy1725

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 232 A duteous people, and industrious Isle, To naval arts inur'd, and stormy toil.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stormy
释义	stormyadj. Brit. /ˈstɔːmi/, U.S. /ˈstɔrmi/ Etymology: < storm n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of the weather, season, air, sky, sea, etc.: Characterized by storm or tempest; tempestuous. Of a place or region: Subject to storms. 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 a1200 in Anglia XI. 369 Hit byð..windig sumer and storemig and geswyncfull hærfest. a1300 Cursor Mundi 22691 A stormi dai, a stret of au. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 455 And if the wedir stormy were For colde she shulde haue deyd there. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 35 Now be the stormy wynter shoures. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms liv. 8 I wolde make haist to escape, from the stormy wynde and tempest. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk4^v And all his windes Dan Aeolus did keepe, From stirring vp their stormy enmity. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King Beyond the stormy Hebrides. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 9 Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 356 The wildest and most stormy mountains in Scotland. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 164 A wild stormy morning. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/6 An Atlantic steamer..ploughing its course across stormy oceans. 2. a. figurative. Of persons, their temper or looks; of times, events, circumstances, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > violent or tumultuous woodc1100 wilda1250 stormya1340 tempestousc1374 tempestuous1447 raging1535 combustious1593 blustering1595 combustuous1611 tumultuous1667 tempestive1848 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Prol. 3 Now with halesome lare drouyd & stormy saules it bryngis in til clere & pesful lyf. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 778 For loue is yet þe meste stormy lyf. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 939 O Stormy peple, vnsad, and euere vntrewe. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2245 His stormy cruel aventure. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 4079 Allas! Fortune,..Whan folk most triste in þi stormy face..Þanne is þi Ioye aweye to turne & wryþe. 1592 Arden of Feversham iii. v. 113 Nothing shall hide me from thy stormy looke. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 164 You health, the which if you giue ore, To stormy passion must perforce decay. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 193 That Religion which is more turbulent, seditious, and stormy, let it be throwne over-board to lighten the ship of the Church. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 550 While stormy Cymon thus in secret said [etc.]. 1831 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1874) II. 153 There was..every promise of a stormy session. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 223 Shaftesbury and Buckingham..appeared at the head of the stormy democracy of the city. 1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends I. xvii. 443 The discussion was long and stormy before the meeting broke up. 1915 J. Kelman Salted with Fire iv. 40 In the stormy times in which his lot was cast emergencies were constantly arising. b. Pathology of inflammation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [adjective] scaldedc1450 angryc1500 inflammate1583 inflamed1599 fiery1600 blazed1631 in a flame1658 inflammatory1732 phlogistic1732 angered1753 fretful1804 phlogotic1817 phlogosed1830 phlegmatous1854 inflammablea1862 phlogogenic1881 phlogogenous1890 phlogogenetic1891 stormy1899 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 903 Meningitis is usually so stormy in its manifestation that [etc.]. 3. a. Associated or connected with storms; indicative, predictive, or symbolical of storms. poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > associated with storms stormy1578 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 24 Anone thay spy into the Firmament Ane stormie sterne that troublit thair Intent. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 62 Now sing we stormy Stars. View more context for this quotation 1761 R. Glover Medea v. v. 94 Grim Neptune yonder shakes his stormy trident. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad iii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 175 When down the stormy crescent goes. b. stormy petrel n. the bird Procellaria pelagica. Also figurative, a person who delights in strife, or whose appearance on the scene is a harbinger of coming trouble. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Hydrobatidae > procellaria pelagica (stormy petrel) devil's bird1634 sea-swallow1647 storm-finch1661 assilag1698 storm-bird1752 devil bird1759 Mother Carey's chicken1767 storm finch1768 witch1770 alamootiea1777 stormy petrel1776 water witch1794 spency1813 storm-petrel1833 stilt stormy petrel1884 Tom Tailor1885 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) II. ii. 553 Stormy Petrel. 1847 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors VII. ccviii. 479 Eldon..came to London..on account of rumours of a dissolution of the Ministry. He went, with some, by the name of the ‘Stormy Petrel’, being supposed to delight in such convulsions. 1892 World 6 Apr. 15 (Brewer) Dr. von Esmarch [a physician] is regarded at court as a stormy petrel, and every effort was made to conceal his visit to the German emperor. 4. Relating to or concerned with storms. poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > relating to storms stormy1725 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 232 A duteous people, and industrious Isle, To naval arts inur'd, and stormy toil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1200
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