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tumultuous, a.|tjuːˈmʌltjuːəs|
Also 6 -eous, 7 -ious.
[ad. OF. tumultuous, F. tumultueux, ad. L. tumultuōs-us full of tumult, bustle, or confusion: f. tumultu-s tumult: see -ous.]
1. Full of tumult or commotion; marked by confusion and uproar; disorderly and noisy; violent and clamorous; turbulent.
a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 223 Suche, as in the last tumulteous busines, toke part with..Fauconbrige. 1553Brende Q. Curtius x. 210 b, They..disturbed his tale with their tumultuous crye. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 274 After 30 yeeres tumultuous reigne. 1739Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 214, I do indeed go out into the highways and hedges, but not in a tumultuous manner. 1807Wordsw. White Doe ii. 62 Tumultuous noises filled the hall. 1840Hawthorne Biog. Sk. Sir W. Pepperrell (1879) 193 The tumultuous advance of the conquering army. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 160 Embarking in tumultuous haste.
†b. Tending to excite tumult; seditious. Obs.
1619[implied in tumultuousness]. 1623Cockeram, Tumultuous, seditious, full of trouble. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxii. 122 An unlawfull, and tumultuous designe. 1679Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 27 Tumultuous and seditious petitions.
†c. Causing tumult; disturbing, disquieting. Obs. rare.
1604R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Tumultuous, troublous, disturbing or disquieting. 1614Raleigh Hist. World iv. vi. §3 The tumultuous newes of Lysimachus his victories.
2. Making a tumult or commotion; acting in a disorderly and noisy way; turbulent, riotous.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 49 He might..fortifie, with his ayde,..those tumultuous villaines. 1635Jackson Creed viii. xvii. §6 The promised Prince of peace..should not be sought amongst the tumultuous hosts of warre. a1718Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 59 The fierce Curetes..trod tumultuous Their Mystic Dance. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxi. 471 His house was beset by a tumultuous crowd.
3. Of physical actions or agents: Marked by disorderly commotion; acting or moving irregularly and violently; confusedly agitated; tempestuous.
1667Milton P.L. ii. 936 The strong rebuff of som tumultuous cloud Instinct with Fire. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. ix. 335 A sudden and very tumultuous ebullition ensued. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. ix. 104 The action of the heart tumultuous. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. ix. 97 A roaring and tumultuous river. 1870Morris Earthly Par. (1871) IV. 124 The far-off rooks' sweet tumultuous voice.
4. fig. of, or in reference to, emotion or thought.
1667Milton P.L. iv. 16 His dire attempt, which nigh the birth Now rowling, boiles in his tumultuous brest. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) II. iii. 57 He..found his thoughts tumultuous. 1772Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 102 Tumultuous joy. 1822–56De Quincey Confess. Wks. 1897 III. 446 A tumultuous dream. |