'Tempestuousness' definitions:
Definition of 'tempestuousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of wild storminess
noun
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest]
Definition of 'Tempestuousness'
From: GCIDE
- Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]