hurlyburly
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hurlyburly
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Likely an altered reduplication of hurling (“a tumult”). Compare Swedish huller om buller.
noun hurlyburlies · hurly-burly
- A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle. ...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.
adjective more hurlyburly · most hurlyburly · hurly-burly
- Full of disorder or noisy confusion. "I understand the circus that it is," Springer says of the hurly-burly mob scene that often overtakes his show.
