Tohubohu

Tohubohu
Tohubohu To"hu*bo"hu (t[=o]"h[=oo]-b[=o]"h[=oo]), n. [F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. toh[=u] wa boh[=u] without form and void (--Gen. i. 2).] Chaos; confusion. [Rare] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles? --Thackeray. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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  • tohubohu — |tōˌhü|bōˌhü noun ( s) Etymology: Hebrew tōhū wā bhōhū without form and void, from tōhū formlessness, confusion + bōhū emptiness : chaos, confusion bringing order out of the tohubohu of human relations Walter Lippmann …   Useful english dictionary

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