wirrwarrn.

Brit.

/ˈvɪəvɑː/, U.S.

/ˈvɪrvɑr/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Wirrwarr.

Etymology: < German Wirrwarr, masculine (15th cent.; compare Middle High German wirrewarren , neuter), a reduplication (with vowel variation) of the stem of wirren , verwirren to confuse (see war n.¹).

A state of confusion or disorder; (also) a confused mass, a jumble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture

mishmashc1475

rabblement1539

mingle-mangle1549

bumble broth1572

bumble-bath1595

mash1601

colluvies1647

bumble1648

farrago1650

higgledy-piggledy1659

jumble1661

farrage1698

tumble1755

pie1837

Sargasso Sea1855

wirrwarra1866

chop suey1888

dog's breakfast1892

dog's dinner1902

sargasso1934

paella1939

a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) 392 The wirrwarr of the Newtonian or true view of the material universe.

1888 W. E. Gladstone Diary 25 July (1994) XII. 136 Nor can I in the wirrwarr put down the too abundant thoughts that come upon me.

1911 Expositor May 439 The strange and arid prejudice that history is only a wirr-warr of beings, happenings, relations.

1928 R. C. Lodge Plato's Theory of Ethics xiv. 376 They [sc. the elements] cease to conflict with one another in a purposeless wirrwarr.

1996 G. K. Hart Trag. in Paradise i. 17 Wirrwarr arises with the loss of the house and the mothers, but it is dispelled by the new alliance between the two men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wirrwarr
释义	wirrwarrn. Brit. /ˈvɪəvɑː/, U.S. /ˈvɪrvɑr/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Wirrwarr. Etymology: < German Wirrwarr, masculine (15th cent.; compare Middle High German wirrewarren , neuter), a reduplication (with vowel variation) of the stem of wirren , verwirren to confuse (see war n.¹). A state of confusion or disorder; (also) a confused mass, a jumble. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture mishmashc1475 rabblement1539 mingle-mangle1549 bumble broth1572 bumble-bath1595 mash1601 colluvies1647 bumble1648 farrago1650 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 farrage1698 tumble1755 pie1837 Sargasso Sea1855 wirrwarra1866 chop suey1888 dog's breakfast1892 dog's dinner1902 sargasso1934 paella1939 a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) 392 The wirrwarr of the Newtonian or true view of the material universe. 1888 W. E. Gladstone Diary 25 July (1994) XII. 136 Nor can I in the wirrwarr put down the too abundant thoughts that come upon me. 1911 Expositor May 439 The strange and arid prejudice that history is only a wirr-warr of beings, happenings, relations. 1928 R. C. Lodge Plato's Theory of Ethics xiv. 376 They [sc. the elements] cease to conflict with one another in a purposeless wirrwarr. 1996 G. K. Hart Trag. in Paradise i. 17 Wirrwarr arises with the loss of the house and the mothers, but it is dispelled by the new alliance between the two men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1866
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