tempestuous

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English tempestious, tempestous, tempestuous (“stormy, turbulent, tempestuous”), from Anglo-Norman tempestous, and Old French tempesteus, tempestos, tempestous, tempestuose (modern French tempétueux), and directly from its etymon Latin tempestuōsus (“stormy, turbulent, tempestuous; impetuous”), from tempestās, tempestūs (“point or period of time; season; weather, specifically bad weather; storm, tempest”) (from tempus (“period of time; (rare) weather”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”) or *ten- (“to extend, stretch”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is equivalent to tempest +‎ -uous (a variant of -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality, typically in abundance)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛmˈpɛs.tjʊ.əs/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɛmˈpɛs.tʃu.əs/, /tɛmˈpɛs.tju.əs/ Hyphenation: tem‧pest‧u‧ous === Adjective === tempestuous (comparative more tempestuous, superlative most tempestuous) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy. Synonyms: (obsolete) breme, nimbose, (rare) procellous Antonym: untempestuous Coordinate terms: blusterous, blustery, cloudy, gusty, rainy, thundery, windy (figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental. Antonym: untempestuous ==== Alternative forms ==== tempestous (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== tempestuously tempestuousness tempestuosity untempestuous ==== Related terms ==== tempest tempestuate (obsolete) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === storm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tempest (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia