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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tem•pest /ˈtɛmpɪst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Meteorologya violent windstorm.
- a violent argument, commotion, or disturbance.
Idioms- Idioms tempest in a teacup or teapot, an uproar or great argument over something small, minor, or unimportant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tem•pest (tem′pist),USA pronunciation n. - Meteorologya violent windstorm, esp. one with rain, hail, or snow.
- a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
- tempest in a teacup. See teacup (def. 3).
v.t. - to affect by or as by a tempest;
disturb violently.
- Vulgar Latin *tempesta, for Latin tempestās season, weather, storm, equivalent. to tempes- (variant stem of tempus time) + -tās -ty2
- Old French
- Middle English tempeste 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tempest /ˈtɛmpɪst/ n - chiefly literary a violent wind or storm
- a violent commotion, uproar, or disturbance
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestās storm, from tempus time Tempest, The, - Literaturea comedy (1611) by Shakespeare.
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