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tempest definition

tem·pest (tem′pist)

noun

  1. a violent storm with high winds, esp. one accompanied by rain, hail, or snow
  2. a violent outburst; tumult

Etymology: ME < OFr tempeste < VL *tempesta, for L tempestas, portion of time, weather, a calamity, storm, tempest < tempus, time: see temper

transitive verb

Old Poet. to agitate violently
tempest Idioms

tempest in a teapot

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a great commotion over a small problem

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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