Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
sou'easter

sou'easter

9.4
A strong wind blowing from the southeast
  • noun
  • /ˈsuːˌiːstər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : viento del sureste
  • During the storm, the sou'easter battered the coastline, bringing in huge waves.

Examples

  • The fishermen stayed close to shore as the sou'easter picked up speed in the afternoon.

  • We heard the howl of the sou'easter as it swept through the trees, sending branches flying.

  • When a good sou'easter was on, the sea reached high up Red Murdock.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

southeaster
vssou'easter
7.0

A strong wind that blows from the southeast

is the contracted or informal spelling referring to that same southeast wind

Surface Forms

sou'easter singular
sou'easters plural

Morphology

sou'easter = southeast (semi-transparent) = south + east + er

The wind-name pattern from a compass direction is recognizable, but the exact meteorological sense is somewhat specialized and the form is clipped.

Etymology

Sou'easter comes from sailors' short form of south and east, simply 'south-east', used to name a wind that comes from that direction. So a sou'easter is a strong wind blowing from the southeast that sailors and coastal people watch for.