blusterous
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Is blusterous a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. Tending to bluster.Examples: "[…] wee see a strong and sturdie Oke to stande stiffe and immo∣uable against the blustrous blastes of fierce windes […]"; "These Sunday-morning hair-cuttings were performed by Fairway; the victim sitting on a chopping-block in front of the house […]. Summer and winter the scene was the same, unless the wind were more than usually blusterous, when the stool was shifted a few feet round the corner."; "They had had an afternoon of blusterous tramontana, continually changing direction and force, and exploding the light snowfalls with mischievous gusts."Synonyms: blustery, gusty
2. Tending to bluster.Examples: "The antient Heroes were illustrious / For being benigne, and not blustrous, / Against a vanquisht foe: […]"; "The blustrous Bounderby crimsoned and swelled to such an extent on hearing these words, that he seemed to be, and probably was, on the brink of a fit."; "Thomas Batchgrew’s blusterous voice frankly showed acute irritation."Synonyms: blustering, blustery, swaggering
Definition source: Wiktionary