chaotic
Use Chaotic in a sentence
ɪk adjective
completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
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chaos (ˈkeɪɒs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | complete disorder; utter confusion |
| 2. | (usually capital) the disordered formless matter supposed to have existed before the ordered universe |
| 3. | an obsolete word for abyss |
| [C15: from Latin, from Greek khaos; compare | |
| chaotic | |
| —adj | |
| cha'otically | |
| —adv | |
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Chaotic
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chaotic
1713, "in a state of primordial chaos," from chaos. Transf. or fig. meaning "confused, disordered" is from 1747.
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Example sentences
The official response, by contrast, has been confused and chaotic.
Conspiracy theories offer attractively simple explanations for a chaotic world.
Winter felt the place drawing him toward its chaotic heart.
If there is a dependence on history and thus initial conditions, the system is more likely chaotic.
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