tumultuary

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tumultuary

  • /tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/ UK
  • /tjʊˈmʌltʃʊəɹi/ UK
  • /tjʊˈmʌltʃəɹi/ UK
  • /tə-/ UK, also
  • /təˈmʌlt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/ US
  • /təˈmʌlt͡ʃɚi/ US

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Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.

adjective more tumultuary · 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.
  2. restless; agitated; unquiet Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.

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@misc{tumultuary_2026,
  title = {tumultuary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumultuary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}