commotion
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *kommoweō? Latin commoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commōtiōnemder. Middle French commocion English commotion From Middle French commocion, from Latin commōtiōnem, accusative singular of commōtiō, from commoveō + -tiō.
- derived from commōtiōnem
Definitions
A state of turbulent motion.
An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
- It would seem as if calm were necessary to convulsion; for the tranquillity of the last few months was again to be disturbed by political commotion.
Sexual excitement.
- and now, glancing my eyes towards that part of his dress which cover'd the essential object of enjoyment, I plainly discover'd the swell and commotion there
The neighborhood
- synonymado
- synonymargy-bargy
- synonymbangarang
- synonymbobbery
- synonymbrouhaha
- synonymbunfight
- synonymbustle
- synonymbust-up
- synonymchaos
- synonymferment
- synonymclamour
- synonymclatter
- neighborbedlam
- neighbordisorder - a disturbance of civic peace or of public order
- neighborfight
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at commotion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at commotion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at commotion
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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