tempest - Definition from the METEOROLOGY topic - HARD SCIENCE

Topic: METEOROLOGY

Date:	1200-1300
Language:	Old French
Origin:	tempeste, from Latin tempestas 'season, weather, storm', from tempus 'time'

tempest
noun

tem‧pest

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[countable]

1 literaryHEM a violent storm

2

a tempest in a teapot

American English an unimportant matter that someone has become upset about:

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Haley dismissed the lawsuit as a tempest in a teapot.

Definition of tempest from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic METEOROLOGY

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