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Webster 1913 Edition

Turmoil

Tur′moil

(tûr′moil)
sometimes
(tûr-moil′)
,
Noun.
[Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF.
tremouille
the hopper of a mill,
trembler
to tremble (cf. E.
tremble
); influenced by E.
turn
and
moil
.]
Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
And there I’ll rest, as after much
turmoil
,
A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
Shakespeare

Tur-moil′

(tûr-moil′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Turmoiled
(tûr-moil′d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Turmoiling
.]
To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
[Obs.]
It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and
turmoiled
with these storms of affliction.
Spenser.

Tur-moil′

,
Verb.
I.
To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
[Obs.]
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Turmoil

TURMOIL'

,
Noun.
[I know not the origin of this word; but it is probably from the root of the L. turba,turbo, turma, or of turn.]
Disturbance, tumult; harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult.
There I'll rest, as after much turmoil
A blessed soul doth in Elysium.

TURMOIL'

,
Verb.
T.
To harass with commotion.
It is her fatal misfortune--to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
1.
To disquiet; to weary.

TURMOIL'

,
Verb.
I.
To be disquieted; to be in commotion.

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