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Definition of Garboil
1. Noun. A state of commotion and noise and confusion.
Generic synonyms: Commotion, Disruption, Disturbance, Flutter, Hoo-ha, Hoo-hah, Hurly Burly, Kerfuffle, To-do
Specialized synonyms: Combustion
Derivative terms: Tumultuous, Tumultuous, Uproarious
Definition of Garboil
1. n. Tumult; disturbance; disorder.
Definition of Garboil
1. Noun. Confusion. ¹
2. Noun. Uproar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garboil
1. turmoil [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garboil
Literary usage of Garboil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"... a garboil, ... a crowd ; Ital. garbuglio, a garboil, disorder. From L garr-ire,
to prattle, chatter; ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"370. Norm. F. garbe (F.gerbe), see Moisy, p. 533. garboil, a tumult, disturbance,
brawl. Ant. and Cl. i. 3. 61; ii. 2. 67 ; Shirley, Young Admiral, iii. 2. ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Look here, and at thy sov'reign leisure, read Tlie garboil» she avak'd. ./-•*'
jr Cf, i, S. Hade out of her impatience &c. ..."
4. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1901)
"... for, if the Legate raised any garboil with his fulminations, or advanced things
which might stir division here, "he should surely never go home again " ..."
5. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"And with a pole-axe dasheth out her brains, While he's demanding what the garboil
means. Drayton, in Battle of Agincourt. The word is derived from the ..."
6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"... a garboil, ... a crowd ; Ital. garbuglio, a garboil, disorder. From L garr-ire,
to prattle, chatter; ..."
7. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"370. Norm. F. garbe (F.gerbe), see Moisy, p. 533. garboil, a tumult, disturbance,
brawl. Ant. and Cl. i. 3. 61; ii. 2. 67 ; Shirley, Young Admiral, iii. 2. ..."
8. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Look here, and at thy sov'reign leisure, read Tlie garboil» she avak'd. ./-•*'
jr Cf, i, S. Hade out of her impatience &c. ..."
9. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1901)
"... for, if the Legate raised any garboil with his fulminations, or advanced things
which might stir division here, "he should surely never go home again " ..."
10. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"And with a pole-axe dasheth out her brains, While he's demanding what the garboil
means. Drayton, in Battle of Agincourt. The word is derived from the ..."
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