Euroclydon

English

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek εὐροκλύδων (euroklúdōn), from εὖρος (eûros, “east wind”) + κλύδων (klúdōn, “wave”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹɒklɪdən/

Proper noun

Euroclydon

  1. A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.
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