Definitions

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  • noun obsolete A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.

Etymologies

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Perhaps from Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphōn, "Typhon, father of the winds")- but see typhoon.

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Examples

  • The word is purely Arabic; with a quaint likeness to the Gr. {Greek letters}, in Pliny typhon, whirlwind, a giant (Typhœus) whence

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

  • Mother nature has a hard time taking down domes, hurricane Hugo didn't do it, Nomo didn't do it, the typhon in the Philippines didn't do it the same year.

    Page 2 2003

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  • A fire-breathing giant with wings, one human head and 99 animal heads, 200 hands each tipped with 50 serpents, and serpent tails for legs.

    February 25, 2007

  • From Greek mythology

    Ancient Greek: Τυφῶν

    Aka, Typhoeus (Τυφωε�?ς), Typhaon (Τυφάων) or Typhus (Τυφώς)

    (Wikipedia)

    January 21, 2008