tempestive

English

Etymology

From Latin tempestivus.

Adjective

tempestive (comparative more tempestive, superlative most tempestive)

(obsolete) seasonable; timely
- Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels
  Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven.

Derived terms

tempestively

Italian

Adjective

tempestive

Feminine plural form of tempestivo

Latin

Adjective

tempestīve

vocative masculine singular of tempestīvus

References

tempestive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tempestive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tempestive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
tempestive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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