| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being tumultuous or turbulent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. Tumult; bustle; confusion.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HURLY-BURLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Etymology:Hurly-burly \Hur"ly-bur`ly\, noun. [Reduplicated from Old English hurly confusion: compare to the French expression hurler to howl, yell, from Latin expression ululare; or compare to English hurry.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HURLY-BURLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] Tumult; bustle; confusion.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Literature | 1: "When the hurly-burly's done, 2: Hurly-burly Uproar, tumult, especially of battle. A reduplication of hurly. Hurlu-berlu is the French equivalent, evidently connected with hurler, to howl or yell. (See Hullabaloo.) 3: In the Garden of Eloquence (1577) the word is given as a specimen of onomatopoeia. 4: The Witches, in Macbeth i. 1. 5: When the battle's lost and won." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] Alternative spelling of hurlyburly. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
