† ˈtempestous, a. Obs.
[a. AF. tempestous, OF. -eus, ad. L. type *tempestōs-us, for L. tempestuōs-us; in It. tempestoso, Prov. tempestos and tempestuos (Littré).]
= tempestuous 1, 2.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus ii. Proem 5 This see clepe I þe tempestous matere Of desper þat Troylus was Inne. c 1500 Three Kings Sons 131 If bifore dyner he were hote and tempestous, now is he colde and sobre. 1508 Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. xxxviii. i. Wks. (1876) 69 The tempestous trybulacyons wherwith the herte of synners is troubled & vexed. |