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tumultuary

adj
/tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/UK/təˈmʌlt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/US

Etymology

Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.

  1. derived from tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire

Definitions

  1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult

    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

  2. restless

    restless; agitated; unquiet

    • Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.

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