hurlyburly

Definitions

A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.

archaic, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“...for nought is ceaſſed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ſhoulde followe or it maye be eaſely perceived.”

“1. When ſhall we three meet⟳ againe? / In Thunder, Lightning, or in Raine? / 2. When the Hurly-burley's done, / When the Battaile's loſt, and wonne.”

“Why is it that civilized humanity / Can make⟳ the world so wrong? / In this hurly-burly of insanity / Our dreams cannot last⟳ long”

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