Euroclydon

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Etymology

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From Hellenistic Ancient Greek εὐροκλύδων (euroklúdōn), from εὖρος (eûros, east wind) + κλύδων (klúdōn, wave).

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Euroclydon

  1. A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.