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Webster 1913 Edition
Tumultuary
Tu-mul′tu-a-ry
(tū̍-mŭl′tū̍-ā̍-ry̆; 135)
, Adj.
[L.
tumultuarius
: cf. F. tumultuaire
.] 1.
Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous.
“A tumultuary conflict.” Eikon Basilike.
A
tumultuary
attack of the Celtic peasantry. Macaulay.
Sudden flight or
tumultuary
skirmish. De Quincey.
2.
Restless; agitated; unquiet.
Men who live without religion live always in a
tumultuary
and restless state. Atterbury.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tumultuary
TUMULT'UARY
,Adj.
1.
Disorderly; promiscuous; confused; as a tumultuary conflict.2.
Restless; agitated; unquiet. Men who live without religion, live always in a tumultuary and restless state.
Definition 2024
tumultuary
tumultuary
English
Adjective
tumultuary (comparative more tumultuary, superlative most tumultuary)
- Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
- A tumultuary conflict. — Eikon Basilike.
- A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry. — Macaulay.
- Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. — De Quincey.
- restless; agitated; unquiet
- Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state. — Atterbury.