typhonic

  • 21typhoon — [tī fo͞on′] n. [< Chin dial. tai fung, lit., great wind (or < ? Tai, Formosa: hence, Formosa wind); merged with earlier tuphan, tufan < Port tufão < Ar tūfān < Gr typhōn, hurricane, akin to typhos: see TYPHUS] any violent tropical… …

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  • 22typhoon — n. a violent hurricane in E. Asian seas. Derivatives: typhonic adj. Etymology: partly f. Port. tuf|o f. Arab. tufan perh. f. Gk tuphon whirlwind; partly f. Chin. dial. tai fung big wind …

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