jumblingn.
/ˈdʒʌmblɪŋ/ The action of jumble v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun]
winOE
disturbance1297
perturbingc1395
motiona1398
stirrage1513
turmoil1526
disquietness1535
buskling1546
jumbling1562
agitation1569
working1575
tumult1580
commotion1592
emotion1594
turbulence1598
bransle1603
pother1603
tumultuousnessa1617
unevennessa1637
unquietudea1639
disquietal1642
tumbling1660
disquietude1709
rouse1764
maelstrom1834
peacelessness1852
stir-up1900
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture > mixing or jumbling together
shuffling1604
pell-melling1792
jumbling1852
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > confusing or disordering
confusionc1400
plundering1642
pell-melling1792
jumbling1852
mess-making1881
1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes c, in Wks. sig. Ee Such rollyng, such rumblyng, ioystyng and iumblyng.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. iv. 10 The iumbling and stirring of the water will rectifie it.
1852 B. Thackrah Art Change Ringing 7–8 As a true compass makes the ringing pleasant and harmonious, so..the want of it produces those ‘jumblings’..that destroy all music.
1871 W. H. Dixon Tower IV. xviii. 190 A masterpiece of jumbling and confusion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
jumblingadj.
That jumbles, in senses of the verb.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > agitated
unquieta1398
vexed?1440
stirred1483
wrought1511
totteringa1535
turmoilous1553
turbulent1573
disturbed1593
trepidat1605
agitated1614
distracted1632
commoving1647
tumultuous1667
jumbling1687
unpacifica1750
uneasy1816
commoved1847
turmoily1877
1687 J. Norris Of Seriousness in Coll. Misc. 172 As ridiculous..as to think to write streight in a jumbling Coach.
1748 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 489 Very jumbling roads.
1845 R. Brown in Mem. (1866) iii. 56 A rumbling, tumbling, jumbling sea.
Derivatives
ˈjumblingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adverb] > travel with shaking or jolting
jumblingly1820
1820 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 71 And Jarvey jolts Janus jumblingly over the stones.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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