Definitions

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  • proper noun A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.

Etymologies

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From Hellenistic Ancient Greek εὐροκλύδων, from εὖρος ("east wind") + κλύδων ("wave").

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Examples

  • “In of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,” says an old writer — of whose works I possess the only copy extant — “it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier.”

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • There is a wind called Euroclydon: it would be one of the Eumenides; only they are women.

    How Spring Came in New England Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • There is a wind called Euroclydon: it would be one of the Eumenides; only they are women.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • [27: 14] But not long after a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon, rushed against it, [27: 15] and the ship being caught and not being able to bear up against the wind, we gave up, and were borne along.

    The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses. 1852

  • 'In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,' says an old writer -- of whose works I possess the only copy extant -- 'it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier.'

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon, "says an old writer -- of whose works I possess the only copy extant --" it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier. "

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Poor Lazarus there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, and put a corn-cob into his mouth, and yet that would not keep out the tempestuous Euroclydon.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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