blustery

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English bluster Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blustery From bluster + -y.

1. Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.

   “Currently, there are blustery winds blowing in Patagonia.”

   “Fortunately, that May morning was bright and sunny; the breeze blew warm from the southland instead of cold and blustery from the lake, and it was the very best kind of a morning possible for being out of doors.”

2. Accompanied by strong wind.

   “Today is such a cold blustery day!”

   “[…] blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is stripped bare and gray as sheet-iron.”

3. Pompous or arrogant, especially in one's speech; given to outbursts.

   “Duke Wilhelm […] seems to have been of a headlong, blustery, uncertain disposition; much tossed about in the controversies of his day.”

   “He talks in a rather loud, blustery way and has a nervous, irritable manner.”