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   From: git@non-existant.com   
      
   Hi Jacques / David D,   
      
   It's not made up but it is rare and does have a route in old English,   
   Shakespeare and the likes:   
      
      
   Tempestuous   
   adj.   
      
   1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales.   
      
   2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship.   
      
      
   Tempest   
   n.   
      
   1. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.   
      
   2. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: “The tempest in   
   my mind/Doth from my senses take all feeling” (Shakespeare).   
      
      
      
   David Dalton wrote:   
   > Jacques wrote:   
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   >>What does "temptuous" mean? It isn't in my dictionary.   
   >   
   >   
   > It could be tempestuous wordplayed to have a bit   
   > of a meaning of temptation .   
   >   
   > David   
   >   
      
      
   That clears that one up! LaTeR...   
      
   David   
      
   "Always on the beat..."   
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)