Search for: STORMS
3821 Etymology dictionary, p. lucid (adj.).3
… a storm. Related: Lucidly; lucidness (1640s).
3822 Etymology dictionary, p. mother (n.1).5
… for storm petrels, or for snowflakes.
3823 Etymology dictionary, p. Negro (n.).2
… , a storm, the complexion), figuratively "gloomy, unlucky, bad, wicked," according to de Vaan a word of unknown etymology; according to Watkins, perhaps from PIE *nekw …
3824 Etymology dictionary, p. orage (n.).2
"violent or tempestuous windstorm," late 15c. (Caxton), obsolete from 18c., from French orage "a storm," from Vulgar Latin *auraticum, from Latin aura "breeze, wind" (see aura (n.)). Related: Oragious .
3825 Etymology dictionary, p. overblown (adj.).2
… or storm), past-participle adjective from verb overblow "to blow over the top of," of a storm, "to abate, pass on" (late 14c.), from over- + blow (v.1). Sense of "past the time of …
3826 Etymology dictionary, p. overtake (v.).2
… " (of storms, night, misfortune) is from late 14c. Related: Overtaken; overtaking. Old English had oferniman "to take away, carry off, seize, ravish."
3827 Etymology dictionary, p. port (n.1).2
… from storms; a harbor, whether natural or artificial," Old English port "a port, harbor, a place where there is a constant resort of vessels for the purpose of loading …
3828 Etymology dictionary, p. port (n.1).3
… a storm, indicating "any refuge is welcomed in adversity," is by 1749. A port of call (1810) is one paid a scheduled visit by a vessel in the course of its voyage. The …
3829 Etymology dictionary, p. Pegasus.3
… Luwian Storm-God of Lightning ...." [Alice Mouton, et al., eds., "Luwian Identities," 2013]
3830 Etymology dictionary, p. proof (n.).4
… as storm-proof (1590s), fireproof (1630s), rust-proof (1690s), bomb-proof (1702), waterproof (1725), fool-proof (1902). A Donne sermon from 1631 has temptation-proof .
3831 Etymology dictionary, p. race (n.1).2
… ; a storming, an attack;" or else a survival of the Old English word with spelling and pronunciation influenced by the Old Norse noun and the verb. The Norse and …
3832 Etymology dictionary, p. rack (n.3).2
… "cloud, storm" (or an unrecorded Scandinavian cognate of it), reinforced by Old Norse rek, *rak "wreckage, jetsam," or Old English wræc "something driven," both of which …
3833 Etymology dictionary, p. rage (n.).2
… " (of storms, fire, etc.), from Old French rage, raige "spirit, passion, rage, fury, madness" (11c.), from Medieval Latin rabia, from Latin rabies "madness, rage, fury," related …
3834 Etymology dictionary, p. Rahab.2
name of a Biblical monster, from Hebrew rahab, literally "storming, against, impetuous," from rahabh "he stormed against" (compare Arabic rahiba "he feared, was alarmed").
3835 Etymology dictionary, p. rainstorm (n.).2
"a storm of rain," 1804, from rain (n.) + storm (n.).
3836 Etymology dictionary, p. rampage (v.).2
… or storm about," 1715, in Scottish, probably from Middle English verb ramp "rave, rush wildly about" (c. 1300), especially of beasts rearing on their hind legs, as if …
3837 Etymology dictionary, p. ride (v.).4
… (a storm, etc.) without great damage" is from 1520s, literal and figurative. To let (something) ride "allow to pass without comment or intervention" is by 1921. To ride …
3838 Etymology dictionary, p. Rudra.2
storm god in Vedic mythology, from Sanskrit Rudrah, according to Klein literally "the howler, roarer," from stem of rudati "weeps, laments, bewails," cognate with …
3839 Etymology dictionary, p. sack (n.3).2
"plunder; act of plundering, the plundering of a city or town after storming and capture," 1540s, from French sac "pillage, plunder," from or identical with Italian sacco (see sack (v.1)).
3840 Etymology dictionary, p. sack (v.1).2
… ) after storming and taking," from French sac (n.) "bag," in the phrase mettre à sac "put it in a bag," a military leader's command to his troops to plunder a city (from or …