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:) What is the meaning of the word ‘wuthering’?

Wuthering means blustery and turbulent, and often describes the fierce, noisy winds that blow across the moors. This word was used in northern England, where the novel by Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights was set.

 

Source: The 365 Amazing Trivia Facts 2007 Calendar

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  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2008
    Amazing!! I searched in different dictionaries, including the Oxford Shorter (2Vol.editions)with no results. I decided to "google", and Bingo!! Thanks a lot Irena. HC

  • Anonymous
    May 06, 2009
    I too searched my dictionaries for the meaning of the word 'wuthering' (which was the anagram puzzle in the Herald) to no avail. Thank you google. You never let me down! C.

  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2011
    I understood the meaning after reading the book "Wuthering Heights" but wanted a definition from the dictionary which I did not find. Thank yo

  • Anonymous
    October 08, 2011
    wuthering heights was simply superb and google helped me 2 know the meaning!

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2011
    I am reading the book at school and it is brilliant I love it.age 7

  • Anonymous
    December 08, 2011
    Amazing!! Thanks a lot for the help!! searched the meaning in dictionaries including oxford but couldn't get the meaning so i googled!! Thanks a lot!

  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2012
    thnk google,as everyone commented i too went for searching the dictionaries including oxford.thnx a lot

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2012
    .same case and same feedback.

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2012
    Thank you ! I'm about to read the book Wuthering heights, And I thought that I may need to know about the title ! Thanks again :)

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2012
    Good for you to post it I have been searching for it for more than a week in all the dictionaries at last I got it on Google THANK YOU GOOGLE AND THANK YOU INRENA

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2012
    thanks you so much.. found the meaning nowhere..

  • Anonymous
    September 06, 2012
    Couldn't find it in Oxford either. Introduced to the word via Genesis' 1976 Album 'Wind and Wuthering' - a true masterpiece!

  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2013
    Spent an hour looking through various dictionaries including  Websters and Oxford,all to no avail. Thank you "Google".

  • Anonymous
    May 22, 2013
    thanks a lot for the meaning of the word wuthering.

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2013
    I like how easy we find meaning of  words  on google. :)

  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2014
    Many thanks to google for what it is...

  • Anonymous
    December 01, 2014
    I have found the meaning of Wuthering in meriam webster dictionary bt I thought wuthering height together can be meant to something different But many ppl have said it was hard fr dm to find the meaning it's quite strange

  • Anonymous
    January 23, 2015
    thankyou so much, google, for interpreting it so clearly...

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2015
    Now I know what really the definition of wuthering is, thanks that I found it