Meanings
alternative Euraquilo · alternative Euroaquilo
- A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
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.
1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Origin
- Ancient Greekεὐροκλύδων
- EnglishEuroclydon
From Hellenistic Ancient Greek εὐροκλύδων (euroklúdōn), from εὖρος (eûros, “east wind”) + κλύδων (klúdōn, “wave”).
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Euroclydon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euroclydon
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