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tempest

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tempest/ˈtempɪst/

▶noun a violent windy storm.

– phrases
a tempest in a teapot North American term for a storm in a teacup (see storm).

– origin ME: from OFr. tempeste, from L. tempestas ‘season, weather, storm’, from tempus ‘time, season’.

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