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English
Etymology
Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tjʊˈmʌltjʊəɹi/, /tjʊˈmʌltʃʊəɹi/, /tjʊˈmʌltʃəɹi/, (also) /tə-/
- (US) IPA(key): /təˈmʌlt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/, /təˈmʌlt͡ʃɚi/
Adjective
tumultuary (comparative more tumultuary, superlative most tumultuary)
- Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
1640, Edward Reynolds, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soule of Man, page 284: Tumultuary and distracted frame of Mind, not knowing which way to take, to be amongst the kinds of this passion of Feare.
- 1649, King Charles I (attributed), Eikon Basilike
- a tumultuary conflict
1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque:sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish
- restless; agitated; unquiet
1708, Francis Atterbury, Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasion, Preface:Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.