Tohubohu

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tohubohu \To"hu*bo"hu\ (t[=o]"h[=oo]-b[=o]"h[=oo]), n. [F.
     tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. toh[=u] wa boh[=u] without form and void
     (--Gen. i. 2).]
     Chaos; confusion. [Rare]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


           Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles?
                                                    --Thackeray.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]