tumultuary

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.

Adjective

tumultuary (comparative more tumultuary, superlative most tumultuary)

2. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
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     a tumultuary conflict

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     a tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry

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     sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish

3. restless; agitated; unquiet
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     Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.