Euroclydon
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hellenistic Ancient Greek εὐροκλύδων (euroklúdōn), from εὖρος (eûros, “east wind”) + κλύδων (klúdōn, “wave”).
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Euroclydon
- A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
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1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.
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