commotionn.

/kəˈməʊʃən/

Forms: Middle English–1500s com(m)ocion, -cyon, 1500s– commotion.

Etymology: < Old French com(m)ocion (12th cent. in Littré), < Latin commōtiōn-em , noun of action < commovēre ; see commove v.

†1. literal. Continuous or recurring motion; movement hither and thither, up and down, or the like. Obsolete except as in 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > [noun] > continuous or recurrent motion

commotion1526

remotion1631

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. gvi^v The cause of this great commocion or mouing of their bodies.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiii. 87 Agitatione and commotione of his army vp and doun.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 309 In the commotion of his Horsse, hee [sc. the rider] may not touch any member or part of him, but onely his backe.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 188 Commotion of the Arms.

a. Physical disturbance, more or less violent; tumultuous agitation of the parts or particles of any thing; of the sea: turbulence, tossing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun]

winOE

disturbance1297

perturbingc1395

motiona1398

stirrage1513

turmoil1526

disquietness1535

buskling1546

jumbling1562

agitation1569

working1575

tumult1580

commotion1592

emotion1594

turbulence1598

bransle1603

pother1603

tumultuousnessa1617

unevennessa1637

unquietudea1639

disquietal1642

tumbling1660

disquietude1709

rouse1764

maelstrom1834

peacelessness1852

stir-up1900

1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis vi. 15 There is no man that shall not be astonished at that generall commotion.

1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) 124 The Ocean..by reason of his often commotion and raging.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 992 Nor onely Paradise In this commotion, but the Starrie Cope..or all the Elements At least had gon to rack.

1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 13 In a moment the commotion ceased, the heat was over.

1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 94 I..was soon sick and sad with the billows' commotion.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 31 Drop good vinegar..upon flour contaminated with other admixtures, and immediate commotion takes place.

b. (with a and plural)

ΚΠ

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 173 The earth has undergone commotions abstracted from a deluge.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 12 The upper air exhibited a commotion which we did not experience.

3. Bustle, stir, confusion, hurly-burly; often in in commotion. (Also with a and plural.)

ΘΚΠ

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

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Commotion, a great stir, a hurly burly.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 202. ⁋4 That perpetual contest for wealth which keeps the world in commotion.

1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 61 When I went on deck there was a great commotion, such running and calling, and pulling of ropes.

a. Public disturbance or disorder; tumult, sedition, insurrection. (The earliest sense recorded.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun]

stirringa1154

motiona1387

troublec1435

misrule1442

commotion1471

stir1487

misgovernment1565

welteringa1586

confusions1599

distemper1605

distemperature?1606

convulsion1643

unsettlement1649

upturning1846

upturn1864

the natives are restless1950

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun]

arising1340

rebeltyc1384

rebellion1409

rebela1425

insurrection1459

commotion1471

mutationa1513

revolting1539

mutine1560

head1597

sollevation1605

sublevation1612

liftinga1662

insurgence1863

1471 in Camden Misc. (1847) I. 17 To have [made] commocion ayeinst the king.

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. i. 358 I haue seduste a headstrong Kentishman, Iohn Cade of Ashford,..To raise commotion.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Commotion, rebellion, trouble, or disquietnesse.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 162 The open commotion of your people.

b. (with a and plural) A disturbance, agitation; a tumult, rising, insurrection.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of

uproar1526

commotion1540

hurry1600

cataclysm1861

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 26 Commocions or sedicions among themselfes.

1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 488 In October folowyng beganne a folishe comocion in Lincolnshire.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 183 The punishment of the Leaders, and teachers in a Commotion.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide i. i. 3 Each popular Commotion he improv'd By secret Ministers.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. iii. ii. 314 He became once more engaged in the political commotions of the day.

†5. Mental perturbation; agitation, excitement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

fever1340

motiona1398

quotidian?a1439

rufflea1535

commotion1581

fret1582

hurry1600

puddering1603

tumultuousnessa1617

trepidation1625

feverishness1638

boilingc1660

fermentationc1660

tumult1663

ferment1672

stickle1681

fuss1705

whirl1707

flurry1710

sweat1715

fluster1728

pucker1740

flutter1741

flustration1747

flutteration1753

tremor1753

swithera1768

twitteration1775

state1781

stew1806

scrow1808

tumultuating1815

flurrification1822

tew1825

purr1842

pirr1856

tête montée1859

go1866

faff1874

poultry flutter1876

palaver1878

thirl1879

razzle-dazzle1885

nervism1887

flurry-scurry1888

fikiness1889

foment1889

dither1891

swivet1892

flusterment1895

tither1896

overwroughtness1923

mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 50 A certeine commotion also which we doe call anger.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 173 Kingdomd Achilles in commotion rages.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 144 What is justly stil'd Passion or Commotion.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 76 Trusting the issue of his commotions to reason only.

6. attributive.

ΚΠ

?1537 H. Latimer Let. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 390 The misbehaviour of a certain priest in the commotion time [i.e. the Pilgrimage of Grace].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	commotion
释义	commotionn. /kəˈməʊʃən/ Forms: Middle English–1500s com(m)ocion, -cyon, 1500s– commotion. Etymology: < Old French com(m)ocion (12th cent. in Littré), < Latin commōtiōn-em , noun of action < commovēre ; see commove v. †1. literal. Continuous or recurring motion; movement hither and thither, up and down, or the like. Obsolete except as in 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > continuous or recurrent motion commotion1526 remotion1631 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. gvi^v The cause of this great commocion or mouing of their bodies. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiii. 87 Agitatione and commotione of his army vp and doun. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 309 In the commotion of his Horsse, hee [sc. the rider] may not touch any member or part of him, but onely his backe. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 188 Commotion of the Arms. 2. a. Physical disturbance, more or less violent; tumultuous agitation of the parts or particles of any thing; of the sea: turbulence, tossing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] winOE disturbance1297 perturbingc1395 motiona1398 stirrage1513 turmoil1526 disquietness1535 buskling1546 jumbling1562 agitation1569 working1575 tumult1580 commotion1592 emotion1594 turbulence1598 bransle1603 pother1603 tumultuousnessa1617 unevennessa1637 unquietudea1639 disquietal1642 tumbling1660 disquietude1709 rouse1764 maelstrom1834 peacelessness1852 stir-up1900 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis vi. 15 There is no man that shall not be astonished at that generall commotion. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) 124 The Ocean..by reason of his often commotion and raging. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 992 Nor onely Paradise In this commotion, but the Starrie Cope..or all the Elements At least had gon to rack. View more context for this quotation 1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 13 In a moment the commotion ceased, the heat was over. 1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 94 I..was soon sick and sad with the billows' commotion. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 31 Drop good vinegar..upon flour contaminated with other admixtures, and immediate commotion takes place. b. (with a and plural) ΚΠ 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 173 The earth has undergone commotions abstracted from a deluge. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 12 The upper air exhibited a commotion which we did not experience. 3. Bustle, stir, confusion, hurly-burly; often in in commotion. (Also with a and plural.) ΘΚΠ 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 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Commotion, a great stir, a hurly burly. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 202. ⁋4 That perpetual contest for wealth which keeps the world in commotion. 1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 61 When I went on deck there was a great commotion, such running and calling, and pulling of ropes. 4. a. Public disturbance or disorder; tumult, sedition, insurrection. (The earliest sense recorded.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] stirringa1154 motiona1387 troublec1435 misrule1442 commotion1471 stir1487 misgovernment1565 welteringa1586 confusions1599 distemper1605 distemperature?1606 convulsion1643 unsettlement1649 upturning1846 upturn1864 the natives are restless1950 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] arising1340 rebeltyc1384 rebellion1409 rebela1425 insurrection1459 commotion1471 mutationa1513 revolting1539 mutine1560 head1597 sollevation1605 sublevation1612 liftinga1662 insurgence1863 1471 in Camden Misc. (1847) I. 17 To have [made] commocion ayeinst the king. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. i. 358 I haue seduste a headstrong Kentishman, Iohn Cade of Ashford,..To raise commotion. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Commotion, rebellion, trouble, or disquietnesse. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 162 The open commotion of your people. b. (with a and plural) A disturbance, agitation; a tumult, rising, insurrection. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of uproar1526 commotion1540 hurry1600 cataclysm1861 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 26 Commocions or sedicions among themselfes. 1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 488 In October folowyng beganne a folishe comocion in Lincolnshire. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 183 The punishment of the Leaders, and teachers in a Commotion. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide i. i. 3 Each popular Commotion he improv'd By secret Ministers. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. iii. ii. 314 He became once more engaged in the political commotions of the day. †5. Mental perturbation; agitation, excitement. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 50 A certeine commotion also which we doe call anger. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 173 Kingdomd Achilles in commotion rages. View more context for this quotation 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 144 What is justly stil'd Passion or Commotion. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 76 Trusting the issue of his commotions to reason only. 6. attributive. ΚΠ ?1537 H. Latimer Let. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 390 The misbehaviour of a certain priest in the commotion time [i.e. the Pilgrimage of Grace]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † commotionv. Etymology: < commotion n. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To cause commotion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] whirlc1290 boilc1300 balterc1400 worka1535 turmoil1547 jumble1568 swash1583 commotion1599 stimmer1616 belk1648 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 40 In the boyling or seathing of it in his maw, he felt it commotion a little and vpbraide him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1471v.1599
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commotionn.

† commotionv.