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   tempest

   /ˈtɛmpɪst/

   noun

   • 1. a violent windy storm: "a raging tempest" Similar stormsquallgalehurricanetornadocyclonetyphoonsuperstormthunderstormcloudburstdownpourrainstormhailstormdelugemonsoontropical stormelectrical stormsnowstormblizzarddust stormdust devilwilliwawice stormwindstormburanturmoiltumultturbulencefermentdisturbancedisorderchaosupheavaldisruptioncommotionuproarstormfuroreOpposite tranquillity

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestas ‘season, weather, storm’, from tempus ‘time, season’.

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   What is the meaning of the word Tempeste?

   • 1.a. A violent storm of wind, usually accompanied by a downfall of rain, hail, or snow, or by thunder. So hi were in þo ssipe so a-ros a great tempeste of winde. Hor folc hii lore in þe se þoru tempest [variant reading tempeste] moni on. Euere crie agayn tempest and rayn. A cruel king lich the tempeste, The whom no Pite myhte areste.

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   What does Tempest stand for?

   • Study of the security of telecommunications devices that emit electromagnetic radiation. TEMPEST originated as a code name of a classified study by the US Military in the late 1960’s. Later the term became an Acronym for Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions.

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   What is Tempest in a teapot?

   • As noted, tempest in a teapot. When this tempest subsides the nation will once more perceive its prosperity. For two weary years had they been thus tossed and shaken in the tempest. The dark waves of the tempest had sped away to other regions. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

   TEMPEST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What does Tempesta mean?

   • Note: The proto-Romance form *tempesta is probably a nominal derivative from the feminine of an adjective tempestus, cited by the Roman grammarian Sextus Pompeius Festus as an old variant of tempestīvus "in season, occurring at the proper time." 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 14th century, in the meaning defined above “Tempest.”

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   noun [ C ] us / ˈtem·pəst / Add to word list. a violent storm. Idiom. tempest in a teapot. (Definition of tempest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   Learn the meaning of tempest as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use tempest in a teapot and other phrases.

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   Shakespeare's The Tempest begins with one — a tempest, or a violent and windy storm. The meaning of tempest has expanded over time to include the idea of anger or fighting. A "tempest in a tea pot" means a passionate fight over something that is in fact fairly trivial.

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   Tempest definition: a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.. See examples of TEMPEST used in a sentence.

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   1. countable noun. A tempest is a very violent storm. [literary] Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country. 2. countable noun. You can refer to a situation in which people are very angry or excited as a tempest. [literary] I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.

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   Tempest is a literary word for a violent storm. Learn how to use it in sentences and idioms, such as tempest in a teapot, with examples and translations.

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    What does the noun tempest mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun tempest , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.