Dictionary entry

Tumultuary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tu‐mul″tu‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. tumultuarius: cf. F. tumultuaire.] 1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. “A tumultuary conflict.” Eikon Basilike.

A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry. Macaulay.

Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. De Quincey.

2. Restless; agitated; unquiet.

Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state. Atterbury.