Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TU-MULT'UOUS
TU-MULT-U-A'TIONTU-MULT'U-OUS-LY
TU-MULT'UOUS, a. [Fr. tumultueux.]
- Conducted with tumult; disorderly; as, a tumultuous conflict; a tumultuous retreat.
- Greatly agitated; irregular; noisy; confused; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
- Agitated; disturbed; as, a tumultuous breast.
- Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
- Full of tumult and disorder; as, a tumultuous state or city. Sidney.
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