tumultuous
adjEtymology
From Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
- derived from tumultuōsus
- derived from tumultuous
Definitions
Characterized by loud, confused noise.
- Down showers tumultuous music from the belfry of Old Trinity— / Merry chiming for His birth, and gave songs for His Divinity!
Causing or characterized by tumult
Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
The neighborhood
- antonymuntumultuous
- antonymquietantonym(s) of
- antonymcalmantonym(s) of
- neighbortumult
- neighbortumultuary
- neighbortumultuate
- neighbortumultuation
- neighbortumultus
- neighbortumulus
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tumultuous. 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 tumultuous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at tumultuous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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