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tempestuosities

tempestuosities is the plural of tempestuosity.

Meaning of tempestuosity

Noun

tempestuosity (countable and uncountable, plural tempestuosities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being tempestuous.
    • TEMPESTUOSITY, [Tempeſtuoſitas, L.] Stormineſs.[1721, N[athan] Bailey, “TEMPESTUOSITY”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 2
    Synonyms:
    tempestuousness
  2. (countable, rare) Someone or something that is tempestuous.
    • Mr. Theodore Tilton’s first novel, ‘Tempest Tossed,’ (Sheldon) promises to be a very powerful work, of the Hugo school; some think that this radical tempestuosity has found his forte in fiction.1874 April 1, R. R. B., “Correspondence”, in The Publishers’ Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature […], volume XXXVII, number 878, published 16 April 1874, page 242

Questions about tempestuosities

What is tempestuosities the plural of?
Tempestuosities is the plural of tempestuosity.

Words near tempestuosities in the dictionary

  1. tempests in teapots
  2. tempestuate
  3. tempestuated
  4. tempestuates
  5. tempestuating
  6. tempestuosities
  7. tempestuosity
  8. tempestuous
  9. tempestuously
  10. tempestuousness
  11. tempesty

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