Euroclydon

American  

[yoo-rok-li-don, yuh-] / yʊˈrɒk lɪˌdɒn, yə- /

noun

1. gregale.

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Euroclydon British  

/ jʊˈrɒklɪˌdɒn /

noun

1. a stormy wind from the north or northeast that occurs in the Levant, which caused the ship in which St Paul was travelling to be wrecked (Acts 27:14)

2. any stormy wind

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Etymology

Origin of Euroclydon

1605–15; < Greek euroklýdōn, equivalent to Eúro ( s ) Eurus + klýdōn wave, surge; compare klýzein to dash against, wash

Example Sentences

For at that moment we cannot have been more than five-and-thirty miles from the beach, where, in less than four hours, Euroclydon flung us on shore.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various

"A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon," repeated the reader.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)

"Called Euroclydon," continued the reader, finishing the verse.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)

Two days after Euroclydon, I found in the woods the hepatica —earliest of wildwood flowers, evidently not intimidated by the wild work of the armies trampling over New England—daring to hold up its tender blossom.

From The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner by Warner, Charles Dudley

It was the Euroclydon that swept the trees from Malta, and nineteen hundred years have not repaired the ravage of that storm.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow