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

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

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

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

In those regions unknown, o'er that desert of air, Down that desert of waters—tremendous in wrath— The storm-wind Euroclydon leaps from his lair, And cleaves, thro' the waves of the ocean, his path.

From Lucile by Meredith, Owen

St. Paul on his way to Italy to preach the gospel was caught in a great tempest, the Euroclydon, which continued for fourteen days.

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

Must they keep back the passions that are tearing their own hearts, and fill the forenoon with Euroclydon and other suchlike sea-winds? 

From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Whyte, Alexander