TURMOIL', noun [I know not the origin of this word; but it is probably from the root of the Latin 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 transitive 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 intransitive To be disquieted; to be in commotion.
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