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tumultuary

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tu⋅mul⋅tu⋅ar⋅y

  [too-muhl-choo-er-ee, tyoo-]
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–adjective
1. tumultuous; turbulent.
2. confused; disorderly; haphazard: tumultuary habits of studying.
Origin:
1580–90; < L tumultuārius pertaining to bustle or hurry, equiv. to tumultu(s) tumult + -ārius -ary1
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tu·mul·tu·ar·y   (tŏŏ-mŭl'chōō-ěr'ē, tyŏŏ-)   
adj.  Marked by haste, confusion, disorder, and irregularity.

[Latin tumultuārius, from tumultus, commotion; see tumult.]
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