Tu-mült'ü-a-ry, a.

adjective

(44), a. [Fr. tumultuaire, Sp. & It. tumultuario, Lat. tumultuarius.]

Sense 1. Attended by or producing a tumult; disorderly; riotous; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. “A tumultuary conflict.” K. Charles. “Works sufficient to protect the inhabitants against a tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry.” Macaulay.

Then, according to circumstances, came sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. De Quincey.

Sense 2. Restless; agitated; unquiet.

Men who live without religion live always in a tumultuary and restless state. Atterbury.