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    In 'Wuthering Heights' what does Wuthering mean?

    Question #90707. Asked by nibbles0011. (Jan 04 08 6:22 AM)


    BRY2K

    		It is in fact a place, the novel opens in 1801, with Lockwood arriving at Thrushcross Grange, a grand house on the Yorkshire moors he is renting from the surly Heathcliff, who lives at nearby Wuthering Heights.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights

    Jan 04 08, 6:43 AM
    davejacobs

    		Describes a wind that blows strongly and makes a roaring sound. Northern English word:
    http://uk.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861758399/wuthering.html


    Jan 04 08, 7:04 AM
    billythebrit

    		The term is described by our narrator, Lockwood, in the first chapter. He states -

    'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather'.

    Chapter 1, Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte.


    Jan 04 08, 8:47 AM

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