a. [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.)
[1382. Wyclif, Acts xxvii. 14. The wynd Tiffonyk [1388 Tifonyk: Vulg. ventues typhonicus], that is clepid north eest, or wynd of tempest.]
1865. Pall 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.
1895. W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Trav., xiv. § 4. 326. There struck down from the island a typhonic wind.
2. = TYPHONIAN.
1874. Birch, 1st & 2nd Egypt. Rooms Brit. Mus., 19. Wooden head of a hippopotamus … sacred to Typhon, Thoueris and other Typhonic deities.
1894. Western Daily News, 19 Sept. The history of Saturn is Typhonic or Satanic…; he is said to devour his children.
