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tumultuary
[ too-muhl-choo-er-ee, tyoo- ]
adjective
- tumultuous; turbulent.
- confused; disorderly; haphazard:
tumultuary habits of studying.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tumultuary1
1580–90; < Latin tumultuārius “pertaining to bustle or hurry,” equivalent to tumultu(s) tumult + -ārius -ary ( def )
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Example Sentences
His tumultuary followers threw up their hats and filled the air with acclamations.
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But at length, in the hot and tumultuary fight, a spear pierced the cheek of Narvaez, and tore out one of his eyes.
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They engaged in tempestuous weather; and the tumultuary conflict was continued from the dawn to the extinction of light.
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But experience having shown that this method of trial was tumultuary and uncertain, they corrected it by the idea of compurgation.
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The nobles were tumultuary, and ever ready, if their privileges were infringed, to rise in insurrection.
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