tumultuary

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15
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19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/ (UK)
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/tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/ (UK) · /tjʊˈmʌltʃʊəɹi/ (UK) · /tjʊˈmʌltʃəɹi/ (UK) · /tə-/ (UK) · /təˈmʌlt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/ (US) · /təˈmʌlt͡ʃɚi/ (US)

Definition of tumultuary

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
    “[A] Tumultuary and distracted frame of Mind, not knowing which way to take, to be amongst the kinds of this passion of Feare.”
    “1649, King Charles I (attributed), Eikon Basilike a tumultuary conflict”
    “a tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry”
    “sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish”
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adj

  1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
    “[A] Tumultuary and distracted frame of Mind, not knowing which way to take, to be amongst the kinds of this passion of Feare.”
    “1649, King Charles I (attributed), Eikon Basilike a tumultuary conflict”
    “a tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry”
    “sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish”
  2. restless; agitated; unquiet
    “Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.”

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Etymology

Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.

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