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• English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …   Wikipedia

• tempétueux — tempétueux, euse [ tɑ̃petɥø, øz ] adj. • v. 1300; tempestous « orageux » fin XIIe; bas lat. tempestuosus ♦ Vx ou littér. Où les tempêtes sont fréquentes. ♢ (1588) Fig. Plein d agitation, de trouble. « Dans le courant tempétueux de la vie »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Stormier — Stormy Storm y, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. Beyond the stormy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stormiest — Stormy Storm y, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. Beyond the stormy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stormy — Storm y, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.] 1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. Beyond the stormy Hebrides …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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