Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumultus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tu-mul-tus
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commotion.

Obsolete

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tumultus; doublet of tumult.

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Questions

What does tumultus mean?
A commotion.
Where does tumultus come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin tumultus; doublet of tumult.

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