tempestive, a. arch.
(tɛmˈpɛstɪv)
[ad. L. tempestīvus timely: see tempest and -ive.]
1. Timely, seasonable.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. ix. §60 That prouidence which the King of Scotland..vsed, was, as more tempestiue, so more commendable. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 107 The moderate and tempestiue vse of them may be very good and profitable. 1635 Heywood Hierarch. viii. Comm. 532 The chearefull and tempestiue showres. 1852 Fraser's Mag. XLV. 172 After the tempestive banquet at two o'clock. |
¶ 2. erron. = tempestuous 2.
| 1848 Tait's Mag. XV. 118 Every reader will..point out living examples amid brawling and tempestive politicians. |