turbulency Now rare.
(ˈtɜːbjʊlənsɪ)
[f. as prec.: see next and -ency.]
Turbulent state, disturbed condition.
| 1607 Puritan i. ii. 61, I..for my part wish a Turbulency in the world. c 1645 Howell Lett. vi. 80 Since the turbulency of these times, the same moderation shines in you. 1671 Milton P.R. iv. 462 Like turbulencies in the affairs of men,..They oft fore-signifie and threaten ill. 1694 Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 512/1 Where there is need of quieting the Turbulency and Effervescency of the Humours. 1734 tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. xvi. ii. (1827) VI. 349 Endeavour to calm the turbulency of their minds. 1831 Poe Bells iii, What a tale of terror their turbulency tells! |