tumultuary

[ too-muhl-choo-er-ee, tyoo- ]

/ tuˈmʌl tʃuˌɛr i, tyu- /

tumultuous; turbulent.

confused; disorderly; haphazard: tumultuary habits of studying.

Origin of tumultuary

1580–90; < Latin tumultuārius pertaining to bustle or hurry, equivalent to tumultu(s) tumult + -ārius -ary1

tumpline, tumular, tumulose, tumulous, tumult, tumultuary, tumultuous, tumulus, tun, tun., tuna

The American contest was known to him before but as a rebellion—a tumultuary affair in a remote transatlantic colony.

Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 |John Frederick Schroeder
With a tumultuary army of near twenty thousand men, he invaded her territories, and met with weak resistance.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. |David Hume
But experience having shown that this method of trial was tumultuary and uncertain, they corrected it by the idea of compurgation.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12) |Edmund Burke
But at length, in the hot and tumultuary fight, a spear pierced the cheek of Narvaez, and tore out one of his eyes.

Hernando Cortez |John S. C. Abbott

The monk retired with precipitation, and left the Douglas overwhelmed with tumultuary and adverse passions.

The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3) |James Hogg