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tempestuous adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy. (figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental. The Tempest (written c. 1610–1611) by the English playwright William Shakespeare, was one of 16 of his plays entered into the Stationers’ Register on this day in 1623 according to the Gregorian calendar (8 November by the Julian calendar).

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