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Adjective. Old English.
A word used to characterize an area [where the wind blows] so strongly that it makes a terrifying roaring sound.
Used mainly in the 19th century to describe the windy conditions of the weather in England.
Made famous by the classic novel by Emily [Bront]ë, Wuthering Heights. The hostile Yorkshire [Moors] in the early 19th century provide the setting for the novel. Wuthering Heights is the name of a house on these [moors] and it is named after the wild weather often experienced in what is today known as Brontë Country. -
(of weather) characterized by strong winds.
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