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Webster 1913 Edition


Tempestive

Tem-pes′tive

,
Adj.
[L.
tempestivus
.]
Seasonable; timely;
as,
tempestive
showers
.
[Obs.]
Heywood.
Tem-pes′tive-ly
,
adv.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024


tempestive

tempestive

English

Adjective

tempestive (comparative more tempestive, superlative most tempestive)

  1. (obsolete) seasonable; timely
    • Heywood
      tempestive showers

Derived terms


Italian

Adjective

tempestive

  1. Feminine plural form of tempestivo

Latin

Adjective

tempestīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of tempestīvus

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