Both Uses
tempest
in
Julius Caesar
(Edited)
- I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds
Have rived the knotty oaks;p. 35.2 *tempests = violent storms - But never till tonight, never till now,
Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.p. 35.4tempest = storm
Definitions:
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(1)
(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburstThe expression tempest in a teapot describes people as being upset over an unimportant matter.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)