jumblementn.
/ˈdʒʌmb(ə)lmənt/ The action of jumbling or fact of being jumbled; confused mixture.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun]
brabbling1530
confusion1530
ruffle1533
pell-mellc1586
confusedness1587
huddle1606
Babel confusion1653
promiscuity1663
hugger-mugger1674
promiscuousness1676
clutter1692
jumblement1706
muddle1808
embranglement1826
mare's nest1837
muddlement1857
muddledom1891
muddliness1891
mêlée1895
mix-up1898
huddledom1923
buggeration1962
mixed-upness1967
1706 J. Hancock in Boyle Lect. (1739) II. 210 Shall we think this noble frame..was made by a casual jumblement of atoms?
1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 185 A jumblement of intention.
1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 271 Solitude has such a power of blending, past, present, and future,..all into one confused jumblement.
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