Saturday, October 4, 2014

Word of the Day

tumultuary

 \ too-MUHL-choo-er-ee, tyoo- \, adjective;  
1.confused; disorderly; haphazard: tumultuary habits of studying .
2.tumultuous; turbulent.

Quotes:
...she chiefly possessed by solicitude about any reopening of his wound, he struggling with a tumultuary  crowd of thoughts that were an offence against his better will.
-- George Eliot, Daniel Deronda , 1876

Those who were less interested, rushed into a tumultuary  discussion of chances and possibilities. Each gave his opinion, and each was alternately swayed by that of the others.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering , 1815

Origin:
Tumultuary  comes from the Latin tumultuārius  meaning "pertaining to bustle or hurry."

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