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turbulency Now rare.|ˈtɜːbjʊlənsɪ|
[f. as prec.: see next and -ency.]
Turbulent state, disturbed condition.
1607Puritan i. ii. 61, I..for my part wish a Turbulency in the world. c1645Howell Lett. vi. 80 Since the turbulency of these times, the same moderation shines in you. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 462 Like turbulencies in the affairs of men,..They oft fore-signifie and threaten ill. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 512/1 Where there is need of quieting the Turbulency and Effervescency of the Humours. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. xvi. ii. (1827) VI. 349 Endeavour to calm the turbulency of their minds. 1831Poe Bells iii, What a tale of terror their turbulency tells! |