Category:Tempestuous

Tem*pes"tu*ous, a. Etym: [l. tempestuous: cf. Of. tempestueux, f. Tempêtueux.]

Defn: of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a Tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a Tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n. They saw the hebrew leader, waiting, and clutching his tempestuous Beard. Longfellow.