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Tempestous

//tɛmˈpɛstəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of tempestuous. alt-of, obsolete

    "I wyl aduertise you that this Boke is named the Shyp of foles of the worlde: For this worlde is nought els but a tempestous se in the whiche we dayly wander and are caste in dyuers tribulacions paynes and aduersitees: some by ignoraunce and some by wilfulnes: wherfore such doers ar worthy to be called foles."

Etymology

See tempestuous. The English word is analysable as tempest + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality, typically in abundance).

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