Tempest

tem′pest, n. wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.— adjs. Tem′pest-beat′en ; Tem′pest-tost ( Shak. ), driven about by storms; Tempes′tūous , resembling, or pertaining to, a tempest: very stormy: turbulent.— adv. Tempes′tūously .— n. Tempes′tūousne .— Tempest in a tea-pot , a great disturbance over a trivial matter. [O. Fr. tempeste —L. tempest as , a season, tempest— temp us , time.]