Tumultuary

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

  Tumultuary \Tu*mul"tu*a*ry\ (t[-u]*m[u^]l"t[-u]*[asl]*r[y^];
     135), a. [L. tumultuarius: cf. F. tumultuaire.]
     1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly;
        promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. "A tumultuary
        conflict." --Eikon Basilike.
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              A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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              Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. --De Quincey.
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     2. Restless; agitated; unquiet.
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              Men who live without religion live always in a
              tumultuary and restless state.        --Atterbury.
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