From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Meteorologytempesttem‧pest /ˈtempɪst/ noun [countable]1literaryHEM a violentstorm2 →a tempest in a teapotExamples from the Corpustempest• Everything swept so clean By tempest, wind and rain!• Dunning and its Januarytempests seemed a world away.• The screamingtempestwhipped into the house, hurlingfurniture twenty feet into the air.• They choked on the dirtgathered by the tempest, wiping it from their eyes as they ran.• The ancients staged mockbattles to parallel the tempests in nature and reduce their fear of gods who warred across the sky.• The tempest may not be entirely over.Tempest, TheThe TempestTempest, Thea play by William Shakespeare about Prospero, the Duke of Milan, who has been forced by his brother to live alone on a distantisland with his daughterMiranda. The other main characters are Prospero's magicalhelper, Ariel, and his slaveCaliban.Origintempest(1200-1300)Old Frenchtempeste, from Latintempestas"season, weather, storm", from tempus"time"