chaotick

Adjective

chaotic (comparative more chaotic, superlative most chaotic)

1. Filled with chaos.
   • Treating of the Expanſum, or Inferiour Heav'n, he ſays that according to the Moſaick Phyſiology, the Heav'ns, generated of the Abyſſine, or Chaotick Waters, are divided only into two Orbs, call'd by the names of the Superiour and Inferiour Heav'ns […]1702 January–February, “VI. An Account of a Book, viz Edmundi Dickinsoni M.D. Physica vetus & vera, sive, Tractatus de Naturali veritate hexameri Mosaici. […] Londini 1702. in 4o.”, in Philosophical...
2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
   • In theſe early and unrefined Ages, the jarring Parts of a certain chaotick Conſtitution ſupported their ſeveral Pretenſions by the Sword. Experience and Policy have ſince taught other Methods.1756, [Edmund Burke], “A Vindication of Natural Society; or, A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind from Every Species of Artificial Society. […]”, in Fugitive Pieces, on Various...

   Synonyms:

   shambolic, inchoate

3. Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
   • The manipulation of the environment through design involves many branches of mathematics: the projective geometry of light transmission, the chaotic and probabilistic maths of weather patterns, and the statistical algorithms required to make analysis legible and obtain discrete building components...2011 April, Martha Tsigkari, Adam Davis, Francis Aish, “A Sense of Purpose: Mathematics and Performance in Environmental Design”, in George L. Legendre, editor, Mathematics of Space (Architectural...
4. (roleplaying games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.
   • While a player in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is required to properly perform one of nine moral categories (e.g., "lawful good" or "chaotic neutral"), the Everway player is expected to perform the literary equivalent of moral themes. It is easy to imagine a Macbeth Everway character with the fault...2001, Daniel Mackay, “Interface Design: The Machinery Manufacturing the Ghost in the Machine”, in The Fantasy Role-playing Game: A New Performing Art, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN...

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