tohubohu

See also: tohu-bohu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ‎ (tóhu vavóhu, “formless and empty”) in Genesis 1:2.

Noun

tohubohu

  1. chaos, confusion
    • Thackeray
      Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles?
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