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the sound a crowd makes when order leaves the building and chaos signs the lease
means a loud, confused commotion or uproar, often involving an agitated crowd or a violently disordered state of mind
from From Latin 'tumultus,' an uproar or commotion, built on the verb 'tumere,' to swell — the same swelling impulse behind 'tumor' and 'tumid.' The image is physical: a crowd or a feeling that bulges and bursts past its bounds. It reached English through the same Latin lineage that gave us 'tumultuous.'
latin rootsFrom tumere, to swell, like a rising mob
sibling wordShares ancestry with tumor and tumescent
legal flavorOnce a formal charge under riot statutes
sensory weightImplies noise, not just disorder