tumultuary adjective & noun. [tjʊ'mʌltjʊǝri] LME.
[Latin tumultuarius of or belonging to hurry or tumult, (of troops) raised hastily, from tumultus: see TUMULT, -ARY¹.]
A. adjective.
1. a. Of a fortification: hastily constructed. Only in LME.
b. Hurriedly done; disorderly, confused; haphazard. E17.

2. Of troops: gathered in haste and disorder; irregular, undisciplined. Of warfare etc.: conducted by such troops, or in a disorganized way. L16.

3. Disposed to or characterized by tumult; tumultuous, turbulent. M17.
■ George Eliot Struggling with a tumultuary crowd of thoughts.
b. noun. In pl. Tumultuary troops or forces. rare. M17.

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