tempestuousadj.

/tɛmˈpɛstjuːəs/

Forms: α. Middle English tempesteuous (? = tempestevous), 1500s tempesteous, tempestyous, 1500s–1700s tempestious; β. 1500s tempestuouse, tempestuus, 1500s– tempestuous.

Etymology: In the βform, < Latin tempestuōsus : compare tempestus , doublet of tempestās tempest n.; so obsolete French tempestueus, -uos (14th cent.), modern French tempêtueux = Provençal tempestuos, Spanish tempestuoso, Portuguese tempestuoso. The αforms appear to be analogical, after other adjectives in -eous, -ious, of various etymology.

1. Of, pertaining to, involving, or resembling a tempest; subject to or characterized by tempests; stormy, very rough or violent.

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

α.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxvii. 194 It thondred loude wyth clappes tempestious.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviii^v A great tempesteous rage and furious storme.

1592 F. Moryson Let. in Itinerary (1617) i. 37 The weather was very tempestious, and not likely to change.

β. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 42 The trowblus & tempestuus see.1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tempestuosum, tempestuous or stormy.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 501 A turbulent and tempestuous storme arose.1639–40 W. Laud Diary 25 Jan. A very blustering and a tempestuous day.1799 H. Lee Canterbury Tales (ed. 2) I. 348 The weather grew lowering and tempestuous.1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 121 The dangerous storms to which the south of Sicily was exposed after the rising of the tempestuous Orion.

2. transferred and figurative. Characterized by violent agitation or commotion; turbulent, tumultuous; impetuous, passionate; agitated as by a tempest.

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

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > riotous

tempestousc1374

tempestuous1447

uproarish1550

tumultuous1576

routious1602

tumultuary1650

ramp1678

mobbish1695

royet1737

riotous1775

rumbustiousa1777

rumbustical1779

rampageous1800

rioty1819

rampacious1836

tempestive1848

α.

1447 [implied in: O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 73 Trowblyd in hym selph tempesteuously. (at tempestuously adv.)].

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxvii. 120 O Mars! me succoure in tyme tempestyous.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiv. 177 So shall you swage the tempesteous floode Of their stormy myndes.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxxi. xi In that tempestious hast, I said, that I from out thy sight was cast.

1710 Brit. Apollo 22–24 May Tempestious Ills, in wild Confusion hurl'd.

β. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiii. 169 To the last ende of my matter troublous, With waves enclosed so tempestuous.1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. C 6^v A winning wave (deserving Note) In the tempestuous petticote.1653 R. Saunders Treat. Moles Body Man & Woman 21 in Physiognomie The tempestuous persecutions of her own kindred.1656 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes i. 4 The Shriller Trumpet and Tempestuous Drum.1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. iv. 205 Cecilia was still in this tempestuous state.1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 1016 Fill the dance up with tempestuous feet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tempestuous
释义	tempestuousadj. /tɛmˈpɛstjuːəs/ Forms: α. Middle English tempesteuous (? = tempestevous), 1500s tempesteous, tempestyous, 1500s–1700s tempestious; β. 1500s tempestuouse, tempestuus, 1500s– tempestuous. Etymology: In the βform, < Latin tempestuōsus : compare tempestus , doublet of tempestās tempest n.; so obsolete French tempestueus, -uos (14th cent.), modern French tempêtueux = Provençal tempestuos, Spanish tempestuoso, Portuguese tempestuoso. The αforms appear to be analogical, after other adjectives in -eous, -ious, of various etymology. 1. Of, pertaining to, involving, or resembling a tempest; subject to or characterized by tempests; stormy, very rough or violent. 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 α. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxvii. 194 It thondred loude wyth clappes tempestious. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviii^v A great tempesteous rage and furious storme. 1592 F. Moryson Let. in Itinerary (1617) i. 37 The weather was very tempestious, and not likely to change. β. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 42 The trowblus & tempestuus see.1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tempestuosum, tempestuous or stormy.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 501 A turbulent and tempestuous storme arose.1639–40 W. Laud Diary 25 Jan. A very blustering and a tempestuous day.1799 H. Lee Canterbury Tales (ed. 2) I. 348 The weather grew lowering and tempestuous.1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 121 The dangerous storms to which the south of Sicily was exposed after the rising of the tempestuous Orion. 2. transferred and figurative. Characterized by violent agitation or commotion; turbulent, tumultuous; impetuous, passionate; agitated as by a tempest. 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 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > riotous tempestousc1374 tempestuous1447 uproarish1550 tumultuous1576 routious1602 tumultuary1650 ramp1678 mobbish1695 royet1737 riotous1775 rumbustiousa1777 rumbustical1779 rampageous1800 rioty1819 rampacious1836 tempestive1848 α. 1447 [implied in: O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 73 Trowblyd in hym selph tempesteuously. (at tempestuously adv.)]. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxvii. 120 O Mars! me succoure in tyme tempestyous. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiv. 177 So shall you swage the tempesteous floode Of their stormy myndes. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxxi. xi In that tempestious hast, I said, that I from out thy sight was cast. 1710 Brit. Apollo 22–24 May Tempestious Ills, in wild Confusion hurl'd. β. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxxiii. 169 To the last ende of my matter troublous, With waves enclosed so tempestuous.1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. C 6^v A winning wave (deserving Note) In the tempestuous petticote.1653 R. Saunders Treat. Moles Body Man & Woman 21 in Physiognomie The tempestuous persecutions of her own kindred.1656 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes i. 4 The Shriller Trumpet and Tempestuous Drum.1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. iv. 205 Cecilia was still in this tempestuous state.1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 1016 Fill the dance up with tempestuous feet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1447
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