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typhonic, a.|taɪˈfɒnɪk|
[ad. Gr. τῡϕωνικός, f. τῡϕῶν: see Typhon1 and -ic.]
1. Having the character of a whirlwind or tornado; tempestuous. (In quots. in allusion to Gr. τυϕωνικός in Acts xxvii. 14.)
[1382Wyclif Acts xxvii. 14 The wynd Tiffonyk [1388 Tifonyk: Vulg. ventus typhonicus], that is clepid north eest, or wynd of tempest. ]1865Pall Mall G. 25 Aug. 11/1 Captain Spratt..was for some time in the Fair Havens, and..was caught by a real Euroclydon,..the gale having acquired a truly typhonic character by rushing down from the high land. 1895W. M. Ramsay St. Paul the Trav. xiv. §4. 326 There struck down from the island a typhonic wind.
2. = Typhonian.
1874Birch 1st & 2nd Egypt. Rooms Brit. Mus. 19 Wooden head of a hippopotamus..sacred to Typhon, Thoueris and other Typhonic deities. 1894Western Daily News 19 Sept., The history of Saturn is Typhonic or Satanic..; he is said to devour his children. |