comessn.
/kɒˈmɛs/, U.S. /kɑˈmɛs/, Caribbean English /kɑˈmɛs/ 1. Caribbean. Confusion or commotion (sometimes spec. as arising from scandal or controversy). Also: a confused situation; a mess.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun]
winOE
torpelness?c1225
disturbance1297
workc1325
disturblingc1330
farec1330
frapec1330
disturbing1340
troublingc1340
blunderc1375
unresta1382
hurling1387
perturbationc1400
turbationc1400
rumblec1405
roara1413
rumourc1425
sturblance1435
troublec1435
stroublance1439
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
ruffling1440
stourc1440
rumblingc1450
sturbancec1450
unquietness?c1450
conturbationc1470
ruption1483
stir1487
wanrufe?a1505
rangat?a1513
business1514
turmoil1526
blommera1529
blunderinga1529
disturbation1529
bruyllie1535
garboil1543
bruslery1546
agitation1547
frayment1549
turmoiling1550
whirl1552
confusion1555
troublesomeness1561
rule1567
rummage1575
rabble1579
tumult1580
hurlement1585
rabblement1590
disturb1595
welter1596
coil1599
hurly1600
hurry1600
commotion1616
remotion1622
obturbation1623
stirrance1623
tumultuation1631
commoving1647
roiling1647
spudder1650
suffle1650
dissettlement1654
perturbancy1654
fermentationa1661
dissettledness1664
ferment1672
roil1690
hurry-scurry1753
vortex1761
rumpus1768
widdle1789
gilravagea1796
potheration1797
moil1824
festerment1833
burly1835
fidge1886
static1923
comess1944
frammis1946
bassa-bassa1956
1944 Bim (Barbados) Apr. 30 He refused to pay his six-penny fare. The skipper..threatened to throw him overboard... When I thought either one or the other must be flung into the sea, the engine fizzled and stopped, which immediately put an end to the ‘commess’.
1991 R. Antoni Divina Trace iii. ii. 281 Soon as you sit down a quiet minute to logically analyse all of this commess, you will realize this man Barto had actually married off he own son to he own daughter.
2020 @Miss_Rivers 8 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 18 May 2020) So I made a comess there. Gonna call it Hawaiian chicken breast.
2. St Vincent and the Grenadines. Gossip, idle chat.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip
jowl?c1225
trattle1513
tittle-tattle1570
tattle1583
clatter1596
street web1614
town talk1642
street-threada1661
clash1685
fetch-fire1784
street yarn1800
gossip1811
village gossip1847
Russian scandal1861
chopsing1879
cooze1880
reportage1881
skeet1900
scuttlebutt gossip1901
pussy-talk1937
mauvais languec1945
comess1970
he-say-she-say1972
gyaff1975
skinder1979
goss1985
gist1990
1970 Man 5 300 The most important rules of cōmmess are that the stories must be told in small groups, ones which include neither the talked-about person nor anyone who would report the conversation to him.
2020 @C_Ind44 18 May in twitter.com (accessed 18 May 2020) Vincentian love spread comess ahna_[man facepalming emoji].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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