tempestive

adj

tempestive

adj

Etymology From Latin tempestivus.

1

Obsolete seasonable; timely

  • Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven.1635, Thomas Heywood, The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels:
Synonyms
opportune, timesome
Derived terms
tempestively, tempestivity

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