Tempest

Tempest
Tempest Tem"pest, n. [OF. tempeste, F. temp[^e]te, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See {Temporal} of time.] 1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. [1913 Webster]

[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions. [1913 Webster]

3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under {Drum}, n., 4. [Archaic] --Smollett. [1913 Webster]

Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See {Storm}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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