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Etymology
Borrowed from German Tohuwabohu, from Biblical Hebrew תוהו ובוהו (tóhu va-vóhu), from תֹהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -uo
- Hyphenation: to‧hu‧va‧bo‧hu‧o
Noun
tohuvabohuo (accusative singular tohuvabohuon, plural tohuvabohuoj, accusative plural tohuvabohuojn)
- absolute, primordial chaos
- 2011, Eugène de Zilah, La Princo ĉe La Hunoj, Mondial (publ.), page 94.
La tohuvabohuo fine kalmiĝis.- The pandaemonium finally calmed down.
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