Definizione monolingua

hurlyburly

hurlyburly (plural hurlyburlies)

1. (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
   • 1550: Mierdman, Steuen, The market or fayre of usurers

     ...for nought is cea??ed and gone already, what an hurlyburly (?) inconvenience ?houlde followe or it maye be ea?ely perceived.

   • 1606: Shakespeare, William, Macbeth

     First Witch: When shall we three meet again / In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

     Second Witch: When the hurlyburlys done, / When the battles lost and won.

Definizione dizionario hurlyburly

Altri significati:

(archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.