tumultuary

English

Etymology

Latin tumultuārius: compare French tumultuaire.

Adjective

tumultuary (comparative more tumultuary, superlative most tumultuary)

  1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
    • Eikon Basilike
      a tumultuary conflict
    • Macaulay
      a tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry
    • De Quincey
      sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish
  2. restless; agitated; unquiet
    • Atterbury
      Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state.
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