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tumultuary

UK/tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/US/təˈmʌlt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/

tumultuary adjective: attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.

Adjective

tumultuary (comparative more tumultuary, superlative most tumultuary)

  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.1640, Edward Reynolds, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soule of Man, page 284
    • a tumultuary conflict1649, King Charles I (attributed), Eikon Basilike
  2. restless; agitated; unquiet
    • Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.1708, Francis Atterbury, Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasion, Preface

Forms of tumultuary

comparativemore tumultuary
superlativemost tumultuary

Origin of tumultuary

Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.

Words formed from tumultuary

Questions about tumultuary

What does tumultuary mean?
Tumultuary means attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
What part of speech is tumultuary?
Tumultuary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tumultuary?
Tumultuary is pronounced /tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/ (UK).

Words near tumultuary in the dictionary

  1. tumulters
  2. tumulting
  3. tumults
  4. tumultuarily
  5. tumultuariness
  6. tumultuary
  7. tumultuate
  8. tumultuated
  9. tumultuates
  10. tumultuating
  11. tumultuation

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