tumultuary

American  

[too-muhl-choo-er-ee, tyoo-] / tuˈmʌl tʃuˌɛr i, tju- /

adjective

1. tumultuous; turbulent.

2. confused; disorderly; haphazard.

   tumultuary habits of studying.

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Etymology

Origin of tumultuary

1580–90; < Latin tumultuārius “pertaining to bustle or hurry,” equivalent to tumultu(s) tumult + -ārius -ary ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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tumultuary

The nobles were tumultuary, and ever ready, if their privileges were infringed, to rise in insurrection.

From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

At the prize-giving, the “champion” was hoisted as usual, and carried round the hotel, instead of along the via sacra of the Uppingham triumph, with the proper tumultuary rites. 

From Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth by John Huntley Skrine

With a tumultuary army of near twenty thousand men, he invaded her territories, and met with weak resistance.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume

We shall see a king, to reduce his people to obedience, draw into his territories a tumultuary foreign army, and destroy his country instead of establishing his government.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Hostility from the constituted authorities of South Carolina or a tumultuary outbreak of the Charleston rabble was liable to bring overwhelming numbers down upon them at any hour of the day or night.

From Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by John George Nicolay

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