tohuvabohuo

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Etymology

From German Tohuwabohu, from Biblical Hebrew תוהו ובוהו, from תֹהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tohuvaboˈhuo]
  • Rhymes: -uo
  • Hyphenation: to‧hu‧va‧bo‧hu‧o

Noun

tohuvabohuo (accusative singular tohuvabohuon, plural tohuvabohuoj, accusative plural tohuvabohuojn)

  1. Absolute 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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